State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians in New Jersey earn a median of $115,190. In Massachusetts, $63,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.5% — not 45.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.1%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-43.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $63,250
- p25
- $51,190
- p75
- $113,710
- p10
- $35,540
- p90
- $134,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.