How much do Sound Engineering Technicians make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

Percentile spread

For Sound Engineering Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $35,370 and the 90th percentile is $81,710. The difference is $46,340, which is 62.5% 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 $56,730 to the 75th at $76,580, covers $19,850.

The mean annual wage is $69,600, which sits below the median of $74,100. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 1.3% higher than the national median of $73,130 for Sound Engineering Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $79,614, 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 about the same as the Kentucky median of $74,100.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,100 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sound Engineering Technicians at $79,614 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sound Engineering Technicians. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 1st of 4 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).).

• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 89 miles away, with a median of $53,780. That median is 27.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,391, against $79,614 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 158 miles away, with a median of $71,180 and employment of 320. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,886, against $79,614 here.
• Knoxville, TN is 174 miles away, with a median of $46,200 and employment of 40. That median is 37.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,909, against $79,614 here.

Employment share

Sound Engineering Technicians accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (30 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,080 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.52 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.