Audiologists in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,075
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$31,835
27.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,791
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$114,910
Kept after tax
$83,075
Worth in national money
$73,791
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. California pays audiologists a middle wage of $114,910, ranking 4 of 49 states and sitting about 19.97% above the national middle.
- Within California this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, audiologists ranks 96 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- California is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $114,910 the take-home is $83,075; in national-average money that behaves like $73,791. The average lands at $112,680, below the middle of the range.
- California's median for audiologists is $114,910, about 19.97% above the national figure and 4 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation California publishes a median for, audiologists sits 96 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for audiologists in California, on $114,910, is $83,075; deflated by the state's price level, $73,791. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $112,680 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $114,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $158,640 |
| This salary | $114,910 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in California | $83,075 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,669 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$18,485 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $105,536 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$25,534 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $114,910 as a midpoint for California, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,090 and the ninetieth is $158,640 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind California's $83,075, worked from $114,910. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 96 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of California, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $73,791, the adjusted value of that $114,910 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 96 of 492 in the state.
- The California median of $114,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,090 to $158,640. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The California take-home of $83,075, on $114,910 for work ranking 96 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 96 of 492 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for California, so $73,791 — the adjusted value of that $114,910 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 96 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $62,090 and the top tenth $158,640 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $73,791 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; California then takes its own share, leaving $83,075.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($62,090) and the ninetieth ($158,640) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $73,791 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $83,075 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.