2025 Audiology & Hearing Healthcare Salary Survey Results Are Here!

After another incredible year of participation, I'm excited to share the 2025 Audiology & Hearing Healthcare Salary Survey results!

This year's survey received responses from 466 hearing healthcare professionals across the United States and Canada, making it one of the largest community-driven salary surveys in our profession.

The full spreadsheet of survey responses can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a_vmZmEngMgSnhtmNsabML6KARWZTrL1KUOtEAs20_E/edit?usp=sharing

Also, be sure to follow along on Instagram for more fun salary content: instagram.com/xoaudiology

2025 Survey Participation

This year's responses included:

• United States

  • 375 Audiologists

  • 9 Hearing Instrument Specialists (HIS)

  • 5 Audiology Assistants

• Canada

  • 54 Audiologists

  • 18 Hearing Instrument Specialists (HIS)

  • 5 Audiology Assistants

Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate. The more people who contribute, the more valuable these results become for students, new graduates, experienced clinicians, and anyone negotiating compensation.

Protecting Participant Privacy

This year, I've made a few changes to the publicly shared spreadsheet.

To help maintain participant anonymity, I have removed gender and city information from the shareable version of the data. While many regions have a large number of responses, some locations had only a handful of participants, and I wanted to ensure that no individual could be identified.

If you're looking for more detailed regional information, don't worry!

I'll be sharing additional analyses on Instagram, including:

• Salary breakdowns for major metropolitan areas with sufficient responses (such as New York City)

• Gender comparisons

• Average salary summaries

• Additional insights and trends from the data over the coming weeks

A Note About Data Accuracy

One improvement I introduced this year was an additional verification question.

Participants were asked to write out their total compensation (salary + commission + bonus) in words, similar to how you write the amount on a cheque. This served as a second check to help catch accidental typing errors.

When the written amount did not match the numerical salary entered, I flagged that response in the spreadsheet by highlighting the verification column in red.

These entries have not been removed, because they may simply reflect a typo in one of the fields. However, they should be interpreted with caution since the reported compensation could be inaccurate.

I wanted to be transparent about these discrepancies so readers can evaluate the data accordingly.

Looking Ahead

Over the next several weeks, I'll be diving deeper into the results with additional analyses covering topics such as:

• Salary averages

• Geographic differences

• Gender comparisons

• Compensation by role

• Other interesting trends that emerged from the survey

If you don't already follow along, be sure to check Instagram for these upcoming breakdowns and visualizations.

Thank You

This project only exists because of the willingness of hearing healthcare professionals to openly share information that is often difficult to find.

My hope is that these surveys continue to improve salary transparency, help clinicians better understand the current market, and support fair compensation across our profession.

Thank you again to everyone who participated—and I hope you find the results useful!