Audiologists
Health ScienceO*NET 29-1181.00United States
Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders. May fit hearing aids and provide auditory training.
- Median annual earnings
- $95,871
- Projected change
- +12.9%
- Typical education
- Doctoral degree or more
- Employment
- 14.97K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
100% of the workforce
Growing to 16.9K by 2035
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The work
What audiologists do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Maintain patient records at all stages, including initial and subsequent evaluation and treatment activities.
- Evaluate hearing and balance disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.
- Fit, dispense, and repair assistive devices, such as hearing aids.
- Administer hearing tests and examine patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.
- Monitor patients' progress and provide ongoing observation of hearing or balance status.
- Instruct patients, parents, teachers, or employers in communication strategies to maximize effective receptive communication.
- Counsel and instruct patients and their families in techniques to improve hearing and communication related to hearing loss.
- Refer patients to additional medical or educational services, if needed.
- Participate in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or balance disorder treatment methods or technologies.
- Examine and clean patients' ear canals.
- Recommend assistive devices according to patients' needs or nature of impairments.
- Advise educators or other medical staff on hearing or balance topics.
- Program and monitor cochlear implants to fit the needs of patients.
- Educate and supervise audiology students and health care personnel.
- Plan and conduct treatment programs for patients' hearing or balance problems, consulting with educators, physicians, nurses, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and other health care personnel, as necessary.
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to assess and rehabilitate recipients of implanted hearing devices through auditory training and counseling.
- Conduct or direct research on hearing or balance topics and report findings to help in the development of procedures, technology, or treatments.
- Perform administrative tasks, such as managing office functions and finances.
- Provide information to the public on hearing or balance topics.
- Engage in marketing activities, such as developing marketing plans, to promote business for private practices.
- Measure noise levels in workplaces and conduct hearing conservation programs in industry, military, schools, and communities.
- Develop and supervise hearing screening programs.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $62,687
- 25th percentile
- $78,207
- 50th percentile
- $95,871
- 75th percentile
- $111,770
- 90th percentile
- $140,365
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $95,871 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+12.9%faster than average
202514,966 jobs
2035 projected16,901 jobs
1,935 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Doctoral degree or more
- 100%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Science
- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Quality Control Analysis
- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Audiologists4,472 postings
- 02Clinical Audiologists265 postings
- 03Dispensing Audiologists/Hearing Instrument Specialists265 postings
- 04Audiologists/Licensed Hearing Instrument Specialists225 postings
- 05Audiology Externs148 postings
- 06Pediatric Audiologists122 postings
- 07Audiologists/Hearing Aid Specialists114 postings
- 08Educational Audiologists111 postings
- 09Dispensing Audiologists65 postings
- 10Disability Examiners42 postings
- 11Outpatient Clinicians41 postings
- 12Radiology Specialists38 postings
- 13Externship Coordinators35 postings
- 14Otolaryngologists35 postings
- 15Doctors of Audiology32 postings
- 16Research Audiologists30 postings
- 17Rehabilitation Therapy Aides27 postings
- 18Infectious Disease Physicians25 postings
- 19Apprentices23 postings
- 20Locum Tenens Infectious Disease Physicians22 postings
Top employers
- 01Mrg Exams562 postings
- 02Soliant Health183 postings
- 03Qtc Medical Group128 postings
- 04Sonova USA116 postings
- 05DOCS Health114 postings
- 06Loyal Source106 postings
- 07Nursing Home Dental Care104 postings
- 08360Care97 postings
- 09Miracle Ear93 postings
- 10Hearing Healthcare Recruiters89 postings
- 11Matrix Providers87 postings
- 12Kaiser Permanente83 postings
- 13Staffing Proxy78 postings
- 14Frontera Search Partners76 postings
- 15National Staffing Solutions74 postings
- 16Demant72 postings
- 17United States Department of Veterans Affairs65 postings
- 18Aria Care Partners58 postings
- 19Hearinglife USA50 postings
- 20NationsBenefits49 postings
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