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Hearing aid specialists

Test hearing and fit hearing aids.

$65,160
Median pay
+19.4%
Job growth, 2025–35
900
Openings a year
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical education
None required
Typical time after high school

Here's what you actually need to know.

The work

What people in this job do

  • Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.
  • Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss.
  • Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
  • Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
  • Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.

The outlook

How the forecast changed this year

2024–34 edition+18.4%2025–35 edition+19.4%
Projected 10-year growth in last year's and this year's BLS projections. 1,000 → 900 openings a year.

The deeper question

What kind of person does this path ask you to become?

What this work centers on

People & care
4.5
Information & systems
4.4
Ideas & analysis
4.4
Objects & tools
3.9
Creation & expression
1.7
Persuasion & leadership
1.7

O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.

The work

Do you want most of your days spent on people & care, then information & systems?

Responsibility

Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?

“Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.”

Development

What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?

Active Listening, Service Orientation, Instructing, Speaking.

Trade-offs

What does it ask of you in exchange?

No degree beyond high school, though moderate-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $65,160 a year and 900 openings nationally each year.

Paths in

Degrees that lead here

Paths across

Careers that use similar skills

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Sources

  1. BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  2. BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  3. O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  4. CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.