State comparison · 2025
Sound Engineering Technicians salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Sound Engineering Technicians in New Jersey earn a median of $115,190. In Missouri, $61,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.8% — not 46.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.4%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-35.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Sound Engineering Technicians
- Median
- $61,750
- p25
- $55,800
- p75
- $62,750
- p10
- $39,800
- p90
- $104,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.