If there’s one thing audiologists love almost as much as real-ear measurements, it’s anonymously sharing salary data online. And honestly? I support it.

I collected responses from audiologists across Canada and the US to get a snapshot of what happened financially in 2024. Today, we’re specifically looking at who received raises, promotions, cost of living increases, or changed jobs. This data only includes audiologists (no HIS or audiology assistant responses included).

And while this isn’t a peer-reviewed study destined for publication, it is a pretty interesting look at what many clinicians experienced in 2024.

Canadian Audiologists: COL Increases Led the Way

For Canadian audiologists, the most common outcome was a modest cost of living increase (1–3%), reported by 35.4% of respondents.

After that:

15.6% changed jobs
13.5% received raises between 3–5%
6.3% received raises between 5–10%
6.3% received raises greater than 10%
3.1% received promotions
19.8% reported receiving none of the above

Overall, the Canadian data feels… pretty steady. Not wildly exciting, but expected. The large number of cost of living increases suggests many employers adjusted compensation just enough to keep up with inflation, rather than making substantial salary changes.

Interestingly, nearly 1 in 5 respondents reported receiving no raise, promotion, or job change at all in 2024.

US Audiologists: More Mid-Range Raises

US audiologists showed a similar pattern overall, but with a slightly larger percentage receiving raises in the 3–5% range.

Here’s how the US responses broke down:

31% received a cost of living increase (1–3%)
21.7% received a 3–5% raise
16% changed jobs
4.8% received promotions
3.9% received raises between 5–10%
2% received raises greater than 10%
20.6% received none of the above

Compared to Canada, fewer US respondents reported larger raises above 5%, but more landed in that middle “reasonable annual raise” category.

And once again, around 1 in 5 audiologists reported no meaningful compensation change in 2024.

Gender Breakdown: A Few Interesting Patterns

When US responses were separated by gender, a few patterns stood out.

Female audiologists largely mirrored the overall US data:

31.5% received cost of living increases
21.8% received raises between 3–5%
16.5% changed jobs
4.5% received promotions
20.2% received none of the above

Male audiologists, however, reported a noticeably different distribution:

Lower rates of job changes (8.5%)
Lower rates of cost of living increases (23.4%)
Much higher promotion rates (10.6%)
Higher rates of raises greater than 10% (6.4%)
Higher rates of receiving none of the above (27.7%)

So what does that mean?

Potentially… not much definitive. The number of male respondents was significantly smaller, which can skew percentages pretty dramatically. But it is interesting that male respondents were more likely to report either very positive outcomes (large raises/promotions) or no changes at all.

Meanwhile, female responses clustered more consistently around modest raises and job mobility.

Definitely more “hmm, interesting” than data we can draw sweeping conclusions from.

The Big Takeaway

The overall theme across both countries seems to be:

Small increases were common
Big raises were relatively rare
Job hopping remained one of the bigger drivers of compensation change
A significant percentage of audiologists saw no meaningful salary movement in 2024

Which honestly tracks with what many audiologists have been saying for years: if substantial salary growth is the goal, internal raises alone often aren’t enough.

Anyway, I’ll let the graphs do the rest of the talking. Because nothing says “fun weekend activity” like analyzing compensation trends in a niche healthcare profession.