Salary data · California

Audiologist salary in California

Audiologists in California earn a mean of $112,680 a year and a median of $114,910, 15.3% above the national mean of $97,740. That ranks 7th of the 49 states with a published estimate.

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$112,680

Mean annual wage

about $54 an hour

$114,910

Median annual wage

7th of 49

State rank

by mean wage

1,740

AuDs employed

BLS estimate

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates. These are estimates for audiologists already employed in California, not offers; the hourly figure divides the annual mean by 2,080 hours. Setting, specialty and caseload move an individual offer well above or below them. Updated October 22, 2026.

By metro

Audiologist pay by metro in California

Metro estimates from the same survey, highest mean first. Each city links to its full therapy workforce page.

Metro	Mean	Median	Employed
San Francisco	$128,740	$132,390	220
Sacramento	$127,820	$134,990	n/a
Los Angeles	$125,960	$128,110	520
Riverside	$105,880	$97,300	n/a
San Diego	$84,440	$83,200	390

Source: BLS OEWS metropolitan estimates. Suppressed cells show n/a.

The market

How many audiologists work in California

1,689 audiologists hold an active individual NPI with a practice address in California, 4.3 per 100,000 residents, and 81 new ones enrolled in the last twelve months. A high wage with few clinicians per capita usually means employers are competing for people; a low one in a crowded market means the opposite.

Source: NPPES monthly file, October 2026 (CMS, public domain), as of October 2026.

Licensed in another state?

California is not a member of the ASLP-IC: audiologists and speech-language pathologists licensed in another state need a full California license before starting.

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