SOC 29-2092 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Hearing Aid Specialists make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hearing Aid Specialists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $83,930. The 10th percentile is $55,020 and the 90th percentile is $101,070. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$83,930

10th percentile
$55,020
25th percentile
$64,070
Median
$83,930
75th percentile
$87,840
90th percentile
$101,070
Mean
$78,420

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Hearing Aid Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $55,020 and the 90th percentile is $101,070. The difference is $46,050, which is 54.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $64,070 to the 75th at $87,840, covers $23,770.

The mean annual wage is $78,420, which sits below the median of $83,930. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 28.8% higher than the national median of $65,160 for Hearing Aid Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $72,596, which is 11.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.8% higher than the California median of $80,060.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,930 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hearing Aid Specialists at $72,596 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Hearing Aid Specialists. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 78 miles away, with a median of $86,090 and employment of 40. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,964, against $72,596 here.

Employment share

Hearing Aid Specialists accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (100 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,270 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA · Hearing Aid Specialists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Hearing Aid Specialists make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Hearing Aid Specialists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $83,930. The 10th percentile is $55,020 and the 90th percentile is $101,070. Employment is 100.

How does that compare with the national median for Hearing Aid Specialists?

The local median is 28.8% higher than the national median of $65,160.

What is Hearing Aid Specialists pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $83,930 is $72,596. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA compare with nearby metros for Hearing Aid Specialists?

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 78 miles away, at $86,090. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.