Hearing Aid Specialists
Test hearing and fit patients with hearing aids and assistive devices.
At a glance
Looking to 2035, the projected change for Hearing Aid Specialists is +19%, well ahead of the typical occupation we cover. Growth is the contrast with Licensed Practical Nurses: +19% here against +3.0% there. Typical entry-level education is postsecondary training plus a license. At $65,160 a year, median pay runs in line with the typical occupation we cover, but 33% below the median across Healthcare Practitioners. Roughly 900 positions open up annually for Hearing Aid Specialists, counting growth and replacement, a smaller pool than most occupations here. Modeled AI exposure sits at the 69th percentile, with displacement risk rated moderate and works-with-AI at 28/100, balanced between the two.
Similar pay in Healthcare Practitioners
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1,150 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $67k |
| California | 990 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $80k |
| Texas | 970 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $59k |
| Pennsylvania | 870 | 0.1 | 2.0× | $58k |
| Minnesota | 530 | 0.2 | 2.5× | $61k |
| New Jersey | 470 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $76k |
| Michigan | 460 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $55k |
| New York | 380 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $83k |
| Illinois | 360 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $63k |
| Georgia | 320 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $56k |
All 50 states and DC
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 310 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $61k |
| Massachusetts | 288 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.1× (estimated) | $75k |
| Washington | 280 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $78k |
| Ohio | 260 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $63k |
| North Carolina | 240 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $76k |
| South Carolina | 220 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $47k |
| Missouri | 210 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $52k |
| Virginia | 210 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $75k |
| Iowa | 200 | 0.1 | 1.8× | $60k |
| Utah | 200 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $58k |
| Tennessee | 190 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $78k |
| Oregon | 170 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $66k |
| Wisconsin | 170 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $77k |
| Idaho | 160 | 0.2 | 2.6× | $75k |
| Colorado | 140 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $78k |
| Arizona | 110 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $77k |
| Connecticut | 110 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $75k |
| Arkansas | 106 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.1× (estimated) | $57k (estimated) |
| Kansas | 100 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Kentucky | 100 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $75k |
| Mississippi | 99 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.2× (estimated) | $50k (estimated) |
| Hawaii | 90 | 0.1 | 2.0× | $75k |
| Nebraska | 90 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $46k |
| Louisiana | 80 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $65k |
| Oklahoma | 80 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $48k |
| Montana | 60 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $75k |
| Nevada | 60 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $82k |
| Maine | 52 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.1× (estimated) | $66k (estimated) |
| New Hampshire | 52 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.1× (estimated) | $73k (estimated) |
| Alabama | 50 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $47k |
| Maryland | 50 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $77k |
| West Virginia | 50 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $35k |
| Delaware | 42 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.2× (estimated) | $59k |
| South Dakota | 41 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.2× (estimated) | $55k |
| New Mexico | 40 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $75k |
| Rhode Island | 39 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.1× (estimated) | $73k (estimated) |
| North Dakota | 35 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.1× (estimated) | $60k (estimated) |
| Washington DC | 34 (estimated) | 0.0 (estimated) | 0.7× (estimated) | $76k (estimated) |
| Alaska | 30 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $75k |
| Vermont | 25 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 1.1× (estimated) | $58k |
| Wyoming | 17 (estimated) | 0.1 (estimated) | 0.8× (estimated) | $63k (estimated) |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ590 jobs · $76k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA480 jobs · $80k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI390 jobs · $61k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD330 jobs · $62k median
- Pittsburgh, PA310 jobs · $45k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA210 jobs · $56k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX210 jobs · $57k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN200 jobs · $69k median
Where this ranks
Explore Hearing Aid Specialists 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.