Healthcare Practitioners
Audiologists
SOC 29-1181
Diagnose and treat hearing, balance, and related disorders.
The job
Median pay
$96k
$79k to $111k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+11% projected
Openings a year
600
BLS projection
Typical education
Doctoral (AuD) plus license
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
30/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
36th pct
More exposed than 36% of occupations · modeled estimate · 52nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
74/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,740 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $115k |
| Ohio | 1,230 | 0.2 | 2.5× | $81k |
| Texas | 1,020 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $94k |
| Florida | 700 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $93k |
| New York | 690 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $101k |
| Georgia | 470 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $98k |
| Pennsylvania | 460 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $89k |
| North Carolina | 450 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $89k |
| Colorado | 430 | 0.1 | 1.7× | $102k |
| Indiana | 410 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $90k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 330 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $94k |
| Washington | 320 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $109k |
| Minnesota | 290 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $102k |
| Wisconsin | 280 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $103k |
| Iowa | 270 | 0.2 | 2.0× | $97k |
| Tennessee | 270 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $91k |
| Virginia | 260 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $80k |
| Michigan | 250 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $98k |
| Arizona | 240 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $83k |
| Massachusetts | 220 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $104k |
| Missouri | 220 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $99k |
| New Jersey | 210 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $119k |
| Oklahoma | 210 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $77k |
| Idaho | 200 | 0.2 | 2.7× | $95k |
| Kansas | 200 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $97k |
| South Carolina | 200 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $82k |
| Alabama | 190 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $86k |
| Maryland | 160 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $91k |
| Louisiana | 140 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $75k |
| Oregon | 140 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $110k |
| Mississippi | 120 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $81k~ |
| Utah | 120 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $104k |
| West Virginia | 120 | 0.2 | 1.9× | $80k |
| Arkansas | 110 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $97k |
| Nevada | 106 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $133k~ |
| Hawaii | 90 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $114k |
| Kentucky | 90 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $93k |
| Nebraska | 90 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $97k |
| New Mexico | 80 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $83k |
| Connecticut | 70 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $113k |
| Delaware | 70 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $86k |
| Maine | 60 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $102k |
| Montana | 60 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $87k |
| New Hampshire | 50 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $106k |
| Rhode Island | 47 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $107k~ |
| Washington DC | 40 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $103k |
| North Dakota | 40 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $119k |
| South Dakota | 40 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $91k |
| Alaska | 30 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $114k~ |
| Vermont | 30 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $102k~ |
| Wyoming | 21 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $92k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ530 jobs · $115k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA520 jobs · $128k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA390 jobs · $83k median
- Cleveland, OH300 jobs · $81k median
- Columbus, OH260 jobs · $75k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD250 jobs · $92k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN230 jobs · $101k median
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO230 jobs · $115k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Audiologists interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.