Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary — Seattle, Washington

The average Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Seattle, Washington earns $71,550 a year.

$71,550 / year, mean
↑ 21.3% above national average 100th percentile in Washington

Seattle sits at the very top of the range for this role in Washington — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a solid premium over the national average for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Washington

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
260
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.7%
Cost of living 111 #7 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2245 #169 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $750,279 #12 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $112,594 #5 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Seattle ranks #7 for cost of living and #12 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $90,180 San Francisco $81,070 Santa Rosa $79,800 Sacramento $72,520 New York $72,310 Seattle $71,550 Riverside $71,010 San Diego $70,700 Chicago $69,960 Portland $68,710 Philadelphia $66,810 Baltimore $66,570 Oxnard $65,730 Los Angeles $61,900 Buffalo $61,460 Rochester $58,640 Pittsburgh $58,310 Orlando $58,250 Albany $54,380 Austin $54,310 San Antonio $53,360 Tampa $53,060 Dallas $52,570 Richmond $51,650 Miami $51,290 Virginia Beach $50,650 Sarasota $50,640 Houston $50,130 Detroit $49,130 Pensacola $48,800 Lakeland $47,740 Jacksonville $47,140 Indianapolis $46,410 Syracuse $46,320 Lubbock $44,930 El Paso $43,790 McAllen $43,280 Grand Rapids $43,250 Fort Wayne $41,450
CityMean salaryvs. Seattle
Albany, New York$54,380-24.0%
Austin, Texas$54,310-24.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$66,570-7.0%
Buffalo, New York$61,460-14.1%
Chicago, Illinois$69,960-2.2%
Dallas, Texas$52,570-26.5%
Detroit, Michigan$49,130-31.3%
El Paso, Texas$43,790-38.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$41,450-42.1%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$43,250-39.6%
Houston, Texas$50,130-29.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$46,410-35.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$47,140-34.1%
Lakeland, Florida$47,740-33.3%
Los Angeles, California$61,900-13.5%
Lubbock, Texas$44,930-37.2%
McAllen, Texas$43,280-39.5%
Miami, Florida$51,290-28.3%
New York, New York$72,310+1.1%
Sarasota, Florida$50,640-29.2%
Orlando, Florida$58,250-18.6%
Oxnard, California$65,730-8.1%
Pensacola, Florida$48,800-31.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$66,810-6.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$58,310-18.5%
Portland, Oregon$68,710-4.0%
Richmond, Virginia$51,650-27.8%
Riverside, California$71,010-0.8%
Rochester, New York$58,640-18.0%
Sacramento, California$72,520+1.4%
San Antonio, Texas$53,360-25.4%
San Diego, California$70,700-1.2%
San Francisco, California$81,070+13.3%
San Jose, California$90,180+26.0%
Santa Rosa, California$79,800+11.5%
Syracuse, New York$46,320-35.3%
Tampa, Florida$53,060-25.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$50,650-29.2%
Gross salary
71,550/yr
Estimated take-home
59,165/yr
Est. total withheld
17.3%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Washington has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 49-2097 SOC code
Official area Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 42660 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
TacomaBellevue
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Washington

Population (metro area)
4,021,467