Audio-visual Equipment Technicians

Median Salary: $39,100

Many audio-visual equipment technicians across the U.S. share a handful of important professional traits. For example, cooperation, integrity, and adaptability/flexibility can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when blended with career training. Around 46,070 people were employed as audio-visual equipment technicians nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to build on these characteristics and receive proper training, particularly if you're ready to progress in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for audio-visual equipment technicians in the U.S. was $39,100 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $18.80. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about audio-visual equipment technicians, including wages and job density for areas all over the U.S..

Audio-visual equipment technicians should be skilled in:

Written Comprehension
Selective Attention
Speech Recognition
Oral Expression
Finger Dexterity

Different people go into different careers; audio-visual equipment technicians are typically:

Investigative
Conventional
Artistic

Working as an audio-visual equipment technician requires knowledge in subjects like:

Computers and Electronics
Engineering and Technology
Communications and Media
Customer and Personal Service
English Language

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of people employed as audio-visual equipment technicians). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of audio-visual equipment technicians in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	150	$22,200	$10.70	$49,400	$23.80	-15.9%
Mobile	130	$25,800	$12.40	$33,900	$16.30	109.1%
Montgomery	50	$27,400	$13.20	$38,900	$18.70	-8.2%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	100	$37,500	$18.00	$41,700	$20.00	76.2%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	590	$42,500	$20.40	$57,600	$27.70	-5.9%
Tucson	120	$31,800	$15.30	$40,400	$19.40	-7.4%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Little Rock	140	$34,000	$16.40	$41,000	$19.70	20.4%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fresno	120	$26,500	$12.70	$44,100	$21.20	5.7%
Los Angeles (Area)	4,650	$47,000	$22.60	$62,600	$30.10	116.4%
Oakland	410	$41,100	$19.70	$59,500	$28.60	16.7%
Riverside	NA	$34,800	$16.70	$43,700	$21.00	NA
Sacramento	570	$27,100	$13.00	$38,900	$18.70	89.8%
Salinas	80	$45,100	$21.70	$62,000	$29.80	42.2%
San Diego	530	$31,900	$15.30	$51,400	$24.70	17.6%
San Francisco (Area)	1,110	$44,900	$21.60	$64,400	$31.00	59.2%
San Francisco (City)	700	$48,800	$23.50	$69,400	$33.40	101.7%
San Jose	440	$39,200	$18.80	$52,700	$25.30	41.1%
Santa Barbara	40	$45,700	$22.00	$57,800	$27.80	-40.5%
Santa Rosa	40	$44,000	$21.10	$58,900	$28.30	-35.7%
Stockton	40	$37,900	$18.20	$40,400	$19.40	-50.1%
Vallejo	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	-2.5%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	30	$42,100	$20.20	$52,700	$25.30	-42.8%
Colorado Springs	80	$32,800	$15.80	$40,700	$19.60	-11.9%
Denver	500	$35,500	$17.10	$45,100	$21.70	16.7%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	120	$45,300	$21.80	$50,600	$24.30	-18.7%
Hartford	420	$43,600	$21.00	$56,100	$27.00	112.5%
New Haven	120	$52,100	$25.00	$61,400	$29.50	20.7%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	1,190	$43,300	$20.80	$55,800	$26.80	33.4%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	40	$34,500	$16.60	$40,900	$19.70	-53%
Cape Coral	NA	$32,800	$15.80	$43,200	$20.80	NA
Deltona	50	$21,600	$10.40	$29,200	$14.00	-2.5%
Gainesville	40	$32,600	$15.70	$37,800	$18.20	-1.4%
Jacksonville	230	$34,100	$16.40	$40,000	$19.20	12.2%
Miami (Area)	840	$34,400	$16.50	$45,600	$21.90	1.1%
Naples	NA	$25,400	$12.20	$32,900	$15.80	NA
Orlando	820	$38,300	$18.40	$47,800	$23.00	135.1%
Tampa	350	$35,700	$17.20	$46,500	$22.40	-12.7%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	880	$33,700	$16.20	$50,200	$24.10	9.3%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	270	NA	NA	NA	NA	75.1%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	NA	$36,900	$17.80	$43,200	$20.80	NA

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	30	$40,700	$19.60	$50,900	$24.50	-0.6%
Chicago (Area)	980	$38,200	$18.40	$49,600	$23.80	-52.7%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fort Wayne	40	$30,400	$14.60	$40,600	$19.50	-44.2%
Indianapolis	210	$42,600	$20.50	$48,300	$23.20	-32.9%
South Bend	NA	$43,900	$21.10	$50,800	$24.40	NA

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Des Moines	100	$34,600	$16.60	$48,900	$23.50	-12.2%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lexington	40	$31,300	$15.00	$40,100	$19.30	-48.7%
Louisville	110	$45,500	$21.90	$74,200	$35.70	-49.3%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	80	$32,600	$15.70	$45,200	$21.70	-36.5%
New Orleans	NA	$23,800	$11.40	$41,700	$20.00	NA

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	50	$33,200	$16.00	$44,400	$21.30	-24.1%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	400	$39,700	$19.10	$51,100	$24.60	-9.3%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	1,320	NA	NA	NA	NA	114.4%
Worcester	130	$39,400	$19.00	$50,900	$24.50	54.7%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	80	$38,800	$18.60	$45,900	$22.10	13.3%
Detroit (Area)	NA	$33,000	$15.90	$41,800	$20.10	NA
Grand Rapids	130	$28,900	$13.90	$31,800	$15.30	-1.4%
Kalamazoo	NA	$29,100	$14.00	$33,000	$15.90	NA
Lansing	40	$37,200	$17.90	$48,200	$23.20	-45.3%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	NA	$30,200	$14.50	$32,400	$15.60	NA
Minneapolis	730	$44,500	$21.40	$52,100	$25.00	19%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	50	$31,800	$15.30	$37,600	$18.10	-38%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kansas City	230	$31,000	$14.90	$40,700	$19.60	-34.8%
Springfield	40	$31,200	$15.00	$41,200	$19.80	-41.9%
St. Louis	870	$32,200	$15.50	$53,600	$25.80	89.8%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	40	$28,600	$13.70	$31,200	$15.00	28%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	110	$31,600	$15.20	$35,800	$17.20	99.4%
Omaha	180	$28,100	$13.50	$34,500	$16.60	15.3%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	2,190	$46,500	$22.40	$62,300	$30.00	621.5%
Reno	90	$34,100	$16.40	$49,000	$23.60	27.2%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	780	$71,900	$34.50	$77,200	$37.10	1488.7%
Trenton	100	$56,300	$27.10	$62,600	$30.10	34.8%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	230	$29,500	$14.20	$34,100	$16.40	69.7%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	80	$43,200	$20.80	$54,900	$26.40	-48.2%
Binghamton	40	$29,700	$14.30	$39,500	$19.00	2%
Buffalo	100	$36,800	$17.70	$46,800	$22.50	-44.5%
Ithaca	40	$40,900	$19.70	$47,300	$22.70	124.1%
New York (Area)	5,430	$43,700	$21.00	$57,900	$27.80	16.4%
Rochester	170	$35,000	$16.80	$42,900	$20.70	-3.1%
Syracuse	50	$31,900	$15.30	$39,900	$19.20	-57.2%
Utica	30	$37,800	$18.20	$54,600	$26.20	-23.8%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	30	$40,000	$19.20	$50,300	$24.20	-43.9%
Charlotte	120	$39,800	$19.10	$50,700	$24.40	-59.8%
Durham	130	$30,400	$14.60	$36,600	$17.60	32%
Greensboro	100	$31,700	$15.30	$39,700	$19.10	-19%
Raleigh	110	$39,600	$19.10	$55,100	$26.50	-38.2%
Wilmington	50	$34,100	$16.40	$44,300	$21.30	10.5%
Winston-Salem	40	$26,200	$12.60	$37,700	$18.10	-39.7%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	30	$24,900	$12.00	$33,700	$16.20	51.6%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	NA	$67,500	$32.40	$76,100	$36.60	NA
Cincinnati	180	$42,200	$20.30	$56,800	$27.30	-47.9%
Cleveland	180	$35,400	$17.00	$41,500	$19.90	-47.9%
Columbus	200	$37,200	$17.90	$47,300	$22.70	-38%
Dayton	160	$30,300	$14.60	$37,800	$18.20	25.5%
Toledo	NA	$33,200	$15.90	$51,900	$24.90	NA

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Oklahoma City	190	$28,700	$13.80	$35,100	$16.90	-6.8%
Tulsa	160	$30,900	$14.90	$34,900	$16.80	5.7%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Eugene	30	$30,200	$14.50	$43,800	$21.10	-32.6%
Portland	370	$24,200	$11.70	$39,100	$18.80	4%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	80	$38,600	$18.50	$47,400	$22.80	-32.9%
Erie	30	$23,300	$11.20	$35,000	$16.80	-29.2%
Harrisburg	50	$33,900	$16.30	$47,000	$22.60	-58.9%
Lancaster	40	$32,500	$15.60	$47,100	$22.60	-44.8%
Philadelphia (Area)	NA	$46,500	$22.40	$56,800	$27.30	NA
Pittsburgh	270	$33,000	$15.90	$45,200	$21.70	-31.4%
Reading	NA	$24,800	$11.90	$41,800	$20.10	NA

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	130	$33,500	$16.10	$41,600	$20.00	69.1%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	NA	$26,500	$12.80	$32,100	$15.50	NA
Columbia	110	$33,800	$16.30	$35,900	$17.30	-10.5%
Greenville	NA	$31,700	$15.30	$38,900	$18.70	NA
Spartanburg	60	$25,600	$12.30	$31,600	$15.20	40.8%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Sioux Falls	30	$30,600	$14.70	$36,100	$17.40	-26.9%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kingsport	NA	$31,200	$15.00	$41,800	$20.10	NA
Knoxville	NA	$35,800	$17.20	$43,400	$20.90	NA
Memphis	120	$28,900	$13.90	$44,600	$21.50	-45.9%
Nashville	320	$35,400	$17.00	$44,500	$21.40	25.5%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	380	$33,200	$16.00	$38,900	$18.70	41.6%
College Station	40	$35,800	$17.20	$45,000	$21.60	26.9%
Dallas (Area)	1,080	$43,700	$21.00	$57,700	$27.70	-1.7%
El Paso	50	$30,200	$14.50	$36,400	$17.50	-42.2%
Houston	450	$37,100	$17.80	$43,800	$21.10	-50.1%
Lubbock	60	$24,100	$11.60	$26,200	$12.60	39.7%
McAllen	50	$36,000	$17.30	$44,400	$21.30	-39.7%
San Antonio	220	$32,000	$15.40	$40,800	$19.60	-27.2%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Provo	30	$33,700	$16.20	$45,600	$21.90	-44.8%
Salt Lake City	400	$36,900	$17.70	$42,700	$20.50	84.1%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	50	$30,800	$14.80	$42,300	$20.30	16.1%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	120	$34,200	$16.40	$44,500	$21.40	-42.5%
Virginia Beach	210	$31,900	$15.30	$41,200	$19.80	-17.6%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Olympia	50	$31,700	$15.20	$43,600	$20.90	55.2%
Seattle (Area)	540	$39,700	$19.10	$53,500	$25.70	9.3%
Spokane	30	$37,400	$18.00	$52,400	$25.20	-56.7%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	NA	$21,800	$10.50	$33,300	$16.00	NA

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Green Bay	30	$36,200	$17.40	$42,700	$20.50	-42.5%
Madison	90	$39,500	$19.00	$50,000	$24.00	-19.8%
Milwaukee	170	$35,200	$16.90	$49,800	$24.00	-41.4%