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title: "Audiologist"
description: "Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training. May perform research related to hearing…"
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/audiologist"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Audiologist

**Category:** Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · **SOC code:** 29-1181 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 29-1181.00

Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training. May perform research related to hearing problems.

Also advertised as: Audiologist; Audiology Doctor (AUD); Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology Licensed Audiologist (CCC-A Licensed Audiologist); Clinical Audiologist; Dispensing Audiologist; Educational Audiologist; Forensic Audiologist; Industrial Audiologist.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $95,780 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $46.05/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $64,610 to $133,120, with the middle half between $79,340 and $111,300
- **Total US employment:** 13,660
- **Typical entry education:** Doctorate
- **Preparation required:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +11.0% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 600 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 53/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 13,660 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $64,610 |
| 25th | $79,340 |
| 50th (median) | $95,780 |
| 75th | $111,300 |
| 90th | $133,120 |
| Mean (average) | $97,740 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NV | $133,110 | $133,138 | Not published by BLS |
| NJ | $119,230 | $109,581 | 210 |
| ND | $118,750 | $133,488 | 40 |
| CA | $114,910 | $103,784 | 1,740 |
| AK | $114,170 | $111,539 | Not published by BLS |
| HI | $113,850 | $103,546 | 90 |
| CT | $113,180 | $109,237 | 70 |
| OR | $109,560 | $105,997 | 140 |
| WA | $108,580 | $101,464 | 320 |
| NH | $105,590 | $101,368 | 50 |
| UT | $104,450 | $105,650 | 120 |
| MA | $104,130 | $98,462 | 220 |
| WI | $102,840 | $109,294 | 280 |
| DC | $102,500 | $93,266 | 40 |
| CO | $102,270 | $99,241 | 430 |

34 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 49 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/audiologist/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/audiologist.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 14,200 in the 2025–2035 base year to 15,700 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 1,600 jobs, or +11.0%. Much faster than average: 11.0% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 600 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Doctoral or professional degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Doctoral Degree | 95.5% |
| Post-Doctoral Training | 4.6% |

## What the work involves

- Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.
- Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.
- Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.
- Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.
- Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.
- Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.
- Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed.
- Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Therapy and Counseling — importance 4.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Psychology — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Medicine and Dentistry — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Sales and Marketing — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Investigative (I), Social (S), Realistic (R).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| I — Investigative | 5.93 |
| S — Social | 5.92 |
| R — Realistic | 3.98 |
| C — Conventional | 3.97 |
| A — Artistic | 2.18 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.81 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISFJ | 65.5 |
| INFJ | 60.3 |
| ISFP | 59.7 |
| ISTJ | 58.4 |
| INTJ | 54.9 |

Best-fitting types: ISFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Hearing Aid Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hearing-aid-specialist) — median $65,160
- [Optometrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/optometrist) — median $136,570
- [Pediatric Surgeon](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatric-surgeon) — median $559,030
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general) — median $210,040
- [Neurologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neurologist) — median $248,560
- [Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physical-medicine-and-rehabilitation-physician) — median $265,930
- [Occupational Therapist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/occupational-therapist) — median $100,330
- [Ophthalmologist, Except Pediatric](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ophthalmologist) — median $300,080
- [Speech-Language Pathologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/speech-language-pathologist) — median $97,870
- [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician) — median $335,550

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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