State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians in New Jersey earn a median of $115,190. In Kentucky, $74,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $74,100
- p25
- $56,730
- p75
- $77,490
- p10
- $47,950
- p90
- $81,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $115,190
- p25
- $74,410
- p75
- $138,380
- p10
- $43,350
- p90
- $163,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.