49 Series · SOC 49-9052

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$70,500

per year

Median Hourly

$33.90/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$72,440

average

Employment

98,360

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$42,940$50,620$70,500$95,520$104,840
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$20.65$24.34$33.90$45.92$50.41
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$42,940

25th Percentile

$50,620

Median

$70,500

75th Percentile

$95,520

90th Percentile

$104,840

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 New York $105,900 +50% above national
2 Massachusetts $104,040 +48% above national
3 Rhode Island $103,050 +46% above national
4 New Jersey $101,270 +44% above national
5 Alaska $98,170 +39% above national
6 District of Columbia $95,930 +36% above national
7 California $92,350 +31% above national
8 Maine $91,400 +30% above national
9 Maryland $87,900 +25% above national
10 Connecticut $87,860 +25% above national
11 West Virginia $84,490 +20% above national
12 New Hampshire $84,470 +20% above national
13 Delaware $82,150 +17% above national
14 North Dakota $80,810 +15% above national
15 Pennsylvania $80,630 +14% above national
16 Virginia $80,090 +14% above national
17 Washington $79,990 +13% above national
18 Hawaii $78,020 +11% above national
19 Illinois $75,590 +7% above national
20 Texas $68,320 3% below national
21 Vermont $67,370 4% below national
22 Kansas $66,770 5% below national
23 Michigan $65,460 7% below national
24 Oregon $64,360 9% below national
25 Colorado $62,820 11% below national
26 New Mexico $62,210 12% below national
27 Alabama $61,070 13% below national
28 Minnesota $60,940 14% below national
29 Iowa $60,650 14% below national
30 Kentucky $60,180 15% below national
31 Wisconsin $60,150 15% below national
32 Arizona $60,100 15% below national
33 Tennessee $59,420 16% below national
34 Missouri $58,920 16% below national
35 Mississippi $58,390 17% below national
36 Arkansas $57,960 18% below national
37 Wyoming $57,190 19% below national
38 Georgia $57,030 19% below national
39 Indiana $56,750 20% below national
40 South Dakota $56,380 20% below national
41 South Carolina $56,090 20% below national
42 Utah $55,980 21% below national
43 Ohio $55,430 21% below national
44 Nevada $54,030 23% below national
45 North Carolina $53,420 24% below national
46 Florida $53,140 25% below national
47 Oklahoma $52,360 26% below national
48 Montana $51,110 28% below national
49 Idaho $48,980 31% below national
50 Nebraska $48,250 32% below national
51 Louisiana $46,920 33% below national
52 Puerto Rico $29,170 59% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $107,690 +53% above national
2 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $104,920 +49% above national
3 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $104,460 +48% above national
4 Springfield, MA $103,920 +47% above national
5 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $103,680 +47% above national
6 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $103,560 +47% above national
7 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $103,140 +46% above national
8 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $103,050 +46% above national
9 Vallejo, CA $102,340 +45% above national
10 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $101,010 +43% above national
11 Vineland, NJ $100,540 +43% above national
12 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $100,350 +42% above national
13 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $99,600 +41% above national
14 Worcester, MA $98,720 +40% above national
15 Anchorage, AK $98,170 +39% above national
16 Modesto, CA $97,840 +39% above national
17 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $97,690 +39% above national
18 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $96,920 +37% above national
19 Salisbury, MD $96,620 +37% above national
20 Chico, CA $96,510 +37% above national
21 Lawrence, KS $96,470 +37% above national
22 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $96,150 +36% above national
23 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $95,870 +36% above national
24 Merced, CA $95,840 +36% above national
25 Lebanon, PA $95,710 +36% above national
26 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $95,590 +36% above national
27 Syracuse, NY $95,370 +35% above national
28 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $95,310 +35% above national
29 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $94,920 +35% above national
30 Midland, TX $94,420 +34% above national
31 Rochester, NY $94,240 +34% above national
32 El Centro, CA $94,150 +34% above national
33 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $93,920 +33% above national
34 Fresno, CA $93,640 +33% above national
35 Portland-South Portland, ME $93,430 +33% above national
36 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $92,860 +32% above national
37 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $92,610 +31% above national
38 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $91,840 +30% above national
39 Stockton-Lodi, CA $89,810 +27% above national
40 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $89,790 +27% above national
41 Utica-Rome, NY $89,480 +27% above national
42 Pittsburgh, PA $89,310 +27% above national
43 Salinas, CA $88,710 +26% above national
44 Wheeling, WV-OH $88,710 +26% above national
45 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $88,390 +25% above national
46 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $87,870 +25% above national
47 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $87,500 +24% above national
48 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $87,320 +24% above national
49 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $86,610 +23% above national
50 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $86,610 +23% above national
51 Lancaster, PA $86,440 +23% above national
52 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $86,000 +22% above national
53 Kennewick-Richland, WA $85,820 +22% above national
54 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $85,570 +21% above national
55 Minot, ND $85,240 +21% above national
56 Manchester-Nashua, NH $85,050 +21% above national
57 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $85,050 +21% above national
58 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $85,050 +21% above national
59 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $84,910 +20% above national
60 Charleston, WV $84,880 +20% above national
61 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $84,760 +20% above national
62 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $84,720 +20% above national
63 Bangor, ME $84,530 +20% above national
64 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $83,830 +19% above national
65 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $83,070 +18% above national
66 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $82,710 +17% above national
67 Richmond, VA $82,550 +17% above national
68 Waco, TX $81,890 +16% above national
69 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $81,860 +16% above national
70 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $81,580 +16% above national
71 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $81,210 +15% above national
72 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $81,150 +15% above national
73 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $80,700 +14% above national
74 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $80,640 +14% above national
75 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $80,630 +14% above national
76 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $80,290 +14% above national
77 Roanoke, VA $80,090 +14% above national
78 Glens Falls, NY $79,490 +13% above national
79 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $79,330 +13% above national
80 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $79,290 +12% above national
81 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $79,220 +12% above national
82 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $78,790 +12% above national
83 Springfield, IL $78,640 +12% above national
84 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $78,570 +11% above national
85 Morgantown, WV $77,880 +10% above national
86 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $77,490 +10% above national
87 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $77,480 +10% above national
88 Corvallis, OR $77,420 +10% above national
89 Reading, PA $77,310 +10% above national
90 Lynchburg, VA $77,080 +9% above national
91 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $77,070 +9% above national
92 Peoria, IL $76,920 +9% above national
93 Bloomington, IL $76,830 +9% above national
94 Williamsport, PA $76,730 +9% above national
95 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $76,640 +9% above national
96 Iowa City, IA $76,600 +9% above national
97 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $76,530 +9% above national
98 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $76,380 +8% above national
99 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $76,130 +8% above national
100 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $75,880 +8% above national
101 Corpus Christi, TX $75,750 +7% above national
102 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $75,720 +7% above national
103 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $75,020 +6% above national
104 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $74,900 +6% above national
105 Longview, TX $74,800 +6% above national
106 Dover, DE $74,740 +6% above national
107 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $74,350 +5% above national
108 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $74,210 +5% above national
109 San Angelo, TX $74,060 +5% above national
110 El Paso, TX $74,010 +5% above national
111 Urban Honolulu, HI $73,660 +4% above national
112 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $73,090 +4% above national
113 Altoona, PA $72,130 +2% above national
114 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $71,610 +2% above national
115 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $71,310 +1% above national
116 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $71,270 +1% above national
117 Boulder, CO $70,620 same as national
118 Topeka, KS $70,530 same as national
119 Jacksonville, NC $70,050 1% below national
120 Tyler, TX $69,200 2% below national
121 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $68,900 2% below national
122 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $68,770 2% below national
123 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $68,770 2% below national
124 Amarillo, TX $68,570 3% below national
125 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $68,470 3% below national
126 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $68,460 3% below national
127 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $68,380 3% below national
128 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $68,370 3% below national
129 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $68,320 3% below national
130 Visalia, CA $68,150 3% below national
131 Knoxville, TN $67,980 4% below national
132 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $67,970 4% below national
133 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $67,260 5% below national
134 Fort Wayne, IN $67,240 5% below national
135 Flint, MI $67,230 5% below national
136 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $67,130 5% below national
137 Kingston, NY $67,040 5% below national
138 Binghamton, NY $66,890 5% below national
139 Wichita, KS $66,770 5% below national
140 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $66,690 5% below national
141 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $66,690 5% below national
142 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $66,390 6% below national
143 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $65,820 7% below national
144 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $65,700 7% below national
145 Medford, OR $65,670 7% below national
146 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $65,630 7% below national
147 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $65,480 7% below national
148 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $65,420 7% below national
149 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $65,330 7% below national
150 Birmingham, AL $64,810 8% below national
151 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $64,800 8% below national
152 Grand Forks, ND-MN $64,790 8% below national
153 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $64,610 8% below national
154 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $64,380 9% below national
155 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $64,330 9% below national
156 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $64,120 9% below national
157 Auburn-Opelika, AL $63,530 10% below national
158 Savannah, GA $63,400 10% below national
159 Mobile, AL $63,380 10% below national
160 Jackson, MS $63,080 11% below national
161 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $62,820 11% below national
162 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $62,790 11% below national
163 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $62,760 11% below national
164 Salem, OR $62,740 11% below national
165 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $62,620 11% below national
166 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $62,580 11% below national
167 Huntsville, AL $62,540 11% below national
168 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $62,520 11% below national
169 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $62,500 11% below national
170 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $62,460 11% below national
171 Bloomington, IN $62,400 11% below national
172 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $62,320 12% below national
173 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $62,180 12% below national
174 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $62,160 12% below national
175 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $62,100 12% below national
176 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $61,950 12% below national
177 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $61,860 12% below national
178 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $61,660 13% below national
179 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $61,620 13% below national
180 Bend, OR $61,520 13% below national
181 St. Louis, MO-IL $61,500 13% below national
182 Fayetteville, NC $61,490 13% below national
183 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $61,270 13% below national
184 Killeen-Temple, TX $61,110 13% below national
185 York-Hanover, PA $61,050 13% below national
186 Ogden, UT $60,910 14% below national
187 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $60,880 14% below national
188 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $60,790 14% below national
189 Kansas City, MO-KS $60,610 14% below national
190 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $60,470 14% below national
191 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $60,350 14% below national
192 Athens-Clarke County, GA $60,250 15% below national
193 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $60,240 15% below national
194 Springfield, MO $60,230 15% below national
195 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $59,990 15% below national
196 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $59,900 15% below national
197 Albuquerque, NM $59,860 15% below national
198 Columbus, OH $59,730 15% below national
199 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $59,690 15% below national
200 Gainesville, GA $59,490 16% below national
201 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $59,380 16% below national
202 Reno, NV $59,340 16% below national
203 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $58,980 16% below national
204 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $58,920 16% below national
205 Montgomery, AL $58,880 16% below national
206 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $58,870 16% below national
207 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $58,860 17% below national
208 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $58,730 17% below national
209 Colorado Springs, CO $58,640 17% below national
210 Eugene-Springfield, OR $58,610 17% below national
211 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $58,470 17% below national
212 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $58,400 17% below national
213 Greeley, CO $58,390 17% below national
214 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $58,300 17% below national
215 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $57,960 18% below national
216 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $57,740 18% below national
217 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $57,610 18% below national
218 Tucson, AZ $57,600 18% below national
219 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $57,490 18% below national
220 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $57,380 19% below national
221 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $57,310 19% below national
222 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $56,750 20% below national
223 Joplin, MO-KS $56,440 20% below national
224 Decatur, AL $56,350 20% below national
225 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $55,890 21% below national
226 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $55,840 21% below national
227 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $55,830 21% below national
228 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $55,700 21% below national
229 Columbia, MO $55,570 21% below national
230 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $55,450 21% below national
231 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $55,330 22% below national
232 Elizabethtown, KY $55,240 22% below national
233 Lexington-Fayette, KY $54,840 22% below national
234 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $54,430 23% below national
235 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $54,330 23% below national
236 Asheville, NC $54,270 23% below national
237 Florence, SC $54,160 23% below national
238 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $54,010 23% below national
239 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $54,000 23% below national
240 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $53,930 24% below national
241 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $53,850 24% below national
242 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $53,420 24% below national
243 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $53,180 25% below national
244 Fargo, ND-MN $52,740 25% below national
245 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $52,610 25% below national
246 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $52,240 26% below national
247 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $52,140 26% below national
248 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $52,140 26% below national
249 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $52,110 26% below national
250 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $52,090 26% below national
251 Bozeman, MT $52,080 26% below national
252 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $52,000 26% below national
253 Rapid City, SD $51,910 26% below national
254 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $51,900 26% below national
255 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $51,900 26% below national
256 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $51,610 27% below national
257 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $51,580 27% below national
258 Tulsa, OK $51,530 27% below national
259 Billings, MT $51,500 27% below national
260 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $51,420 27% below national
261 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $51,400 27% below national
262 Oklahoma City, OK $51,360 27% below national
263 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $51,330 27% below national
264 Winston-Salem, NC $51,320 27% below national
265 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $51,260 27% below national
266 Columbia, SC $51,210 27% below national
267 Columbus, GA-AL $51,150 27% below national
268 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $51,100 28% below national
269 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $50,910 28% below national
270 Jacksonville, FL $50,830 28% below national
271 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $50,580 28% below national
272 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $50,450 28% below national
273 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $50,440 28% below national
274 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $50,440 28% below national
275 Fort Smith, AR-OK $50,270 29% below national
276 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $50,270 29% below national
277 Cleveland, OH $50,250 29% below national
278 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $50,140 29% below national
279 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $50,100 29% below national
280 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $50,100 29% below national
281 Missoula, MT $50,080 29% below national
282 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $50,070 29% below national
283 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $49,880 29% below national
284 Pueblo, CO $49,800 29% below national
285 Cedar Rapids, IA $49,510 30% below national
286 Toledo, OH $49,510 30% below national
287 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $49,490 30% below national
288 Raleigh-Cary, NC $49,360 30% below national
289 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $49,300 30% below national
290 Warner Robins, GA $49,160 30% below national
291 Akron, OH $49,080 30% below national
292 Boise City, ID $48,980 31% below national
293 Canton-Massillon, OH $48,970 31% below national
294 Omaha, NE-IA $48,880 31% below national
295 Port St. Lucie, FL $48,880 31% below national
296 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $48,810 31% below national
297 Terre Haute, IN $48,740 31% below national
298 Wilmington, NC $48,710 31% below national
299 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $48,610 31% below national
300 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $48,590 31% below national
301 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $48,560 31% below national
302 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $48,530 31% below national
303 Jackson, TN $48,520 31% below national
304 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $48,430 31% below national
305 Champaign-Urbana, IL $48,380 31% below national
306 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $48,250 32% below national
307 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $48,230 32% below national
308 Chattanooga, TN-GA $48,140 32% below national
309 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $48,040 32% below national
310 Jefferson City, MO $48,010 32% below national
311 Bay City, MI $47,890 32% below national
312 Baton Rouge, LA $47,600 32% below national
313 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $47,560 33% below national
314 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $47,090 33% below national
315 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $46,800 34% below national
316 Lincoln, NE $46,630 34% below national
317 Yuma, AZ $46,210 34% below national
318 Tallahassee, FL $46,100 35% below national
319 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $46,040 35% below national
320 Lawton, OK $45,930 35% below national
321 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $45,790 35% below national
322 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $44,820 36% below national
323 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $44,770 36% below national
324 Clarksville, TN-KY $44,010 38% below national
325 St. George, UT $42,120 40% below national
326 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $42,120 40% below national
327 Lubbock, TX $41,040 42% below national
328 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $40,720 42% below national
329 Idaho Falls, ID $39,850 43% below national
330 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $39,530 44% below national
331 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $30,510 57% below national
332 Arecibo, PR $27,620 61% below national
333 Mayaguez, PR $27,300 61% below national
334 Aguadilla, PR $26,470 62% below national

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