How much do Hearing Aid Specialists make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Percentile spread

For Hearing Aid Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $57,840 and the 90th percentile is $96,990. The difference is $39,150, which is 49.7% 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 $67,210 to the 75th at $93,630, covers $26,420.

The mean annual wage is $79,140, which sits above the median of $78,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 21% higher than the national median of $65,160 for Hearing Aid Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $70,933, which is 8.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.7% higher than the Washington median of $77,510.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Hearing Aid Specialists at $70,933 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. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 1st 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).).

• Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $75,020 and employment of 90. That median is 4.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,162, against $70,933 here.

Employment share

Hearing Aid Specialists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (150 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,270 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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.