Hearing Care Salaries
BLS OEWS May 2025 · national and state pay for audiologists and hearing aid specialists
Two hearing care job titles are an exact fit for a BLS occupation: audiologists, and hearing aid specialists, the occupation BLS uses for hearing instrument specialists and hearing aid dispensers.
Each has a full percentile table and pay in every state BLS published.
The hearing aid specialist figures count licensed staff and trainees together.
BLS publishes no separate figure for apprentices.
Audiologist specialties (pediatric, educational, vestibular and others) sit inside the audiologist occupation and have no separate BLS figure.
Clinic staff such as audiology assistants and patient care coordinators have no BLS occupation of their own, so there is no salary page for them here.
Every figure is payroll pay from the BLS wage survey.
Self-employed practice owners and franchise owners are not in it, and no page here quotes professional-association salary surveys, commission rates or owner income.
Hearing care salaries by role
| Role | Median shown | What the number is |
|---|---|---|
| Audiologist | $95,780 | BLS occupation (SOC 29-1181) |
| Hearing Instrument Specialist | $65,160 | BLS occupation (SOC 29-2092) |
Medians are annual, BLS OEWS May 2025, for wage-and-salary workers only (no self-employed, private households, overtime or most bonuses), across all industries.