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Headphone prices, October 2026

Middle price today $79.40, with half of the 272 headphones we can price between $29.99 and $159.95.

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Sennheiser MOMENTUM 4 Wireless Headphones, 60 Hr Battery

$198.00Verified

47 days on record

lowest in 47 days · 7% below median

Prices with a verdict first, those at their recorded low leading; newest after that. Want them ordered by what sells instead? Most bought headphones.

Most bought: Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds $199.99, JBL Vibe Beam $29.95 and TOZO A1 Wireless Earbuds Bluetooth $13.96. Cheapest today: Sony MDRE9LP/BLU Earbud Headphones $7.99.

Premium noise-cancelling headphones from Sony, Bose and Apple follow a two-year product cycle, and the previous generation typically settles 35-45% below launch price about four months after a successor ships. That is usually a better buy than the new model at full price. Watch the floor line on each card: if the current price is not at its tracked low, waiting is usually cheap.

Choosing a pair rather than a price? Hand-picked headphones with photos, on HaulPlay.

How much do headphones cost?

Half of the 272 headphones we can price today sit between $29.99 and $159.95, with the middle one at $79.40. The cheapest today is $7.99 and the dearest $1,499.95. The average is $129.91, pulled above the middle by the dearest few.

What are the cheapest headphones right now?

Sony MDRE9LP/BLU Earbud Headphones at $7.99, the cheapest of the 272 we can price today. Of the ten Amazon sells most, the cheapest is TOZO A1 Wireless Earbuds Bluetooth at $13.96.

  • JBL: middle $79.95, from $19.95 · 38 priced
  • Skullcandy: middle $95.19, from $8.88 · 31 priced
  • Sony: middle $129.99, from $7.99 · 27 priced
  • Soundcore: middle $79.89, from $22.99 · 26 priced
  • Bose: middle $319.50, from $179.00 · 14 priced
  • Beats: middle $127.45, from $49.99 · 10 priced
  • Sennheiser: middle $193.98, from $89.99 · 10 priced
  • Samsung: middle $107.47, from $42.99 · 6 priced
  • SHOKZ: middle $144.95, from $79.95 · 6 priced
  • TOZO: middle $22.99, from $13.96 · 5 priced
The same 272 headphones, cheapest quarter first, each with the ones Amazon sells most at that price.
PriceMost bought at that price
$7.99–$29.9970 pricedJBL Vibe Beam $29.95, TOZO A1 Wireless Earbuds Bluetooth $13.96 and TAGRY Bluetooth Headphones True $25.99
$30.44–$79.0066 pricedSoundcore by Anker Q20i Hybrid Headphones $44.99, OneOdio Wired DJ Hi-Res Over-Ear Headphones $31.99 and Sony WH-CH520 Wireless On-Ear Headphones $38.00
$79.79–$159.9569 pricedBeats Solo 4 $129.95, Audio-Technica ATH-M50X Professional $158.00 and Beats Studio Buds + $99.95
$169.95–$1,499.9567 pricedApple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds $199.99, SHOKZ OpenRun Pro 2 Bone Headphones $179.95 and Beats Studio Pro Premium Over-Ear Headphones $199.95

Measured across the 272 products in this category we could price in the last few hours: one price per product, the cheapest live offer, new condition only. Not list prices.

How much do headphones cost?

Most headphones on the shelf are inexpensive, and a small number of premium noise-cancelling models pull the average well above what a typical pair costs. The middle price and the brand table above are the figures to plan with: today’s Amazon prices for every new pair we track.

Noise cancelling is the line the price crosses

The largest single step in price is active noise cancelling. Below it sit wired pairs and basic wireless earbuds; above it, the flagship over-ears and earbuds from Sony, Bose and Apple. Those flagships are replaced every two or three years, and the previous generation usually keeps selling beside the new one for less.

That older model is often the better buy for the money. Our guide to what a new model costs over the old one prices the pairs we track against each other today.

Earbuds and over-ears share this shelf

The figures cover in-ear, on-ear and over-ear headphones together, so the middle price describes the whole shelf rather than either kind. A pair of earbuds and a pair of over-ears at the same price are different purchases; compare within one kind.

Beats and AirPods

Apple has owned Beats since 2014, and the two are sold as separate lines. Beats appears in the brand table above whenever we can price enough of its models; AirPods count under Apple.

What is the average headphone price?
$129.91 across the 272 headphones we can price today, against a middle price of $79.40. The average sits above the middle because a few of the dearest models pull it, so the middle price is the better guide to what a typical one costs. One price per product, the cheapest live offer, read in the last few hours.

What our record says about headphones

Typical band
26%
between the highest and lowest we recorded, per item at one retailer
How often the price moves
every ~4 days
21 changes per item in 90 days, from checks made at least every 20 hours
Deepest fall we have seen
93%
one item, one retailer, not an average and not a claim about today
Cheapest we track right now
$7.99
across 366 item-and-retailer pairs we watch here

A 26% band means the same item at the same shop is a materially different purchase depending on the week you buy it. Waiting is a strategy here.

How often prices for headphones change, and how far they swing, against every other category we track.

Headphones: every price we can call, A–Z

278 products with enough record behind the price to say whether it is a good one. Today’s cheapest new offer; the verdict is yesterday’s, shown only while the price has not moved since.