How much do Sound Engineering Technicians make in Omaha, NE-IA?

Percentile spread

For Sound Engineering Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $42,070 and the 90th percentile is $77,700. The difference is $35,630, which is 55.8% 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 $53,790 to the 75th at $77,690, covers $23,900.

The mean annual wage is $65,290, which sits above the median of $63,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Omaha, NE-IA median is 12.7% lower than the national median of $73,130 for Sound Engineering Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $69,426, which is 5.1% lower 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 Nebraska median of $63,810.

Omaha, NE-IA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Nebraska, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Omaha, NE-IA is 91.911, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sound Engineering Technicians at $69,426 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 Sound Engineering Technicians. Omaha, NE-IA 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).).

• Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 118 miles away, with a median of $57,400 and employment of 40. That median is 10% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,595, against $69,426 here.

Employment share

Sound Engineering Technicians accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Omaha, NE-IA (30 of 498,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,080 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.72 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.