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Hearing Aid Specialists Salary in CA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Hearing Aid Specialists in CA have a median annual salary of $80,060, with 990 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $50,770 at the 10th percentile to $97,010 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$80,060

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$38.49

Employment

990

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$50,770
10th
$61,830
25th
$80,060
Median
$83,570
75th
$97,010
90th

Local compared with national

CA

$80,060

Median annual · 2025

United States

$65,160

Median annual · 2025

The CA median is 22.9% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $14,900).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 3.9
  2. 2.Service OrientationImportance 3.6
  3. 3.InstructingImportance 3.5
  4. 4.SpeakingImportance 3.4
  5. 5.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.3
  6. 6.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.3
  7. 7.WritingImportance 3.1
  8. 8.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.1
  9. 9.Active LearningImportance 3.1
  10. 10.MonitoringImportance 3.1
  11. 11.PersuasionImportance 3.1
  12. 12.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.1

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Doctoral Degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • HIMSA Noah
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Otometrics OTOsuite

Common 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.
  • Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.
  • Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures, such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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