State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Kansas vs New York
Sound Engineering Technicians in New York earn a median of $87,510. In Kansas, $62,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $62,710
- p25
- $46,230
- p75
- $64,580
- p10
- $42,600
- p90
- $107,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
New York
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $87,510
- p25
- $59,200
- p75
- $129,460
- p10
- $52,620
- p90
- $157,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.