State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Kentucky vs New York
Sound Engineering Technicians in New York earn a median of $87,510. In Kentucky, $74,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.3%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
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 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.