Hearing Aid Specialists Career, Salary and Skills
Hearing Aid Specialists have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $65,160 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 11,270. Wage data is published for 98 locations.
Occupation description
Select and fit hearing aids for customers. Administer and interpret tests of hearing. Assess hearing instrument efficacy. Take ear impressions and prepare, design, and modify ear molds.
O*NET code
29-2092.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Doctoral Degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$65,160
Hourly median
$31.33
Employment
11,270
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Service Orientation | 3.62 | 3.75 |
| Instructing | 3.50 | 3.25 |
| Speaking | 3.38 | 3.62 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.25 | 3.38 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.12 | 3.62 |
| Monitoring | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Active Learning | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Writing | 3.12 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
- Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss.
- Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
- Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
- Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.
- Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.
- Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.
Technology
- HIMSA Noah
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Otometrics OTOsuite
Hearing Aid Specialists salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in FLMedian $67,010 · Employment 1,150
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in CAMedian $80,060 · Employment 990
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in TXMedian $59,140 · Employment 970
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in PAMedian $58,080 · Employment 870
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in New York, NYMedian $75,720 · Employment 590
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in MNMedian $61,390 · Employment 530
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $80,050 · Employment 480
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in NJMedian $75,720 · Employment 470
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in MIMedian $55,100 · Employment 460
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in Minneapolis, MNMedian $61,390 · Employment 390
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in NYMedian $82,990 · Employment 380
- Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in ILMedian $63,050 · Employment 360
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.