Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers salary
SOC 49-9051 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $51,470
- 25th
- $67,270
- Median
- $95,320
- 75th
- $109,740
- 90th
- $128,690
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- Long-term on-the-job training
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where electrical power-line installers and repairers earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | $134,340 | 110.0 | 600 | 1.13× |
| 2 | Washington | $133,060 | 107.0 | 2,340 | 0.78× |
| 3 | Oregon | $131,090 | 103.4 | 1,640 | 0.99× |
| 4 | California | $129,040 | 110.7 | 8,930 | 0.58× |
| 5 | Connecticut | $126,850 | 103.6 | 940 | 0.66× |
| 6 | Idaho | $125,410 | 95.5 | 860 | 1.19× |
| 7 | New Jersey | $121,580 | 108.8 | 1,310 | 0.36× |
| 8 | New York | $121,280 | 107.9 | 5,840 | 0.72× |
| 9 | Montana | $110,320 | 94.6 | 680 | 1.58× |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $110,210 | 105.8 | 2,350 | 0.77× |
| 11 | Vermont | $108,520 | 98.0 | 270 | 1.05× |
| 12 | Illinois | $108,120 | 100.0 | 3,090 | 0.60× |
| 13 | Michigan | $106,890 | 96.2 | 2,800 | 0.75× |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | $106,230 | 97.6 | 4,150 | 0.81× |
| 15 | Maryland | $106,090 | 105.0 | 1,830 | 0.79× |
| 16 | North Dakota | $105,870 | 89.0 | 740 | 2.04× |
| 17 | Wisconsin | $105,820 | 94.1 | 2,520 | 1.02× |
| 18 | Rhode Island | $104,620 | 102.3 | 120 | 0.27× |
| 19 | Minnesota | $104,180 | 98.6 | 2,190 | 0.88× |
| 20 | Colorado | $103,980 | 103.1 | 2,370 | 0.98× |
| 21 | New Hampshire | $102,170 | 104.2 | 560 | 0.97× |
| 22 | Indiana | $102,040 | 93.3 | 2,540 | 0.94× |
| 23 | Kansas | $101,620 | 90.1 | 1,610 | 1.33× |
| 24 | District of Columbia | $101,240 | 109.9 | 150 | 0.25× |
| 25 | Utah | $101,220 | 98.9 | 1,030 | 0.70× |
| 26 | Iowa | $100,200 | 87.8 | 1,390 | 1.06× |
| 27 | South Dakota | $97,310 | 88.6 | 740 | 1.91× |
| 28 | Delaware | $97,180 | 99.8 | 330 | 0.82× |
| 29 | Nevada | $96,560 | 100.0 | 920 | 0.71× |
| 30 | Missouri | $96,360 | 90.8 | 3,440 | 1.39× |
| 31 | Wyoming | $93,860 | 92.7 | 670 | 2.83× |
| 32 | Ohio | $93,150 | 92.8 | 4,260 | 0.91× |
| 33 | Alaska | $92,470 | 102.4 | 490 | 1.78× |
| 34 | Nebraska | $92,150 | 90.1 | 1,490 | 1.72× |
| 35 | Alabama | $92,030 | 88.8 | 2,730 | 1.53× |
| 36 | Florida | $86,870 | 103.4 | 6,420 | 0.77× |
| 37 | West Virginia | $83,810 | 89.5 | 1,260 | 2.14× |
| 38 | Tennessee | $83,660 | 91.9 | 3,900 | 1.41× |
| 39 | Maine | $83,090 | 97.0 | 1,160 | 2.15× |
| 40 | Arkansas | $81,450 | 86.9 | 1,510 | 1.37× |
| 41 | Georgia | $80,080 | 96.3 | 4,960 | 1.20× |
| 42 | Texas | $78,940 | 97.1 | 17,280 | 1.46× |
| 43 | North Carolina | $77,270 | 94.3 | 5,650 | 1.36× |
| 44 | Kentucky | $77,020 | 90.2 | 2,930 | 1.74× |
| 45 | South Carolina | $76,870 | 93.7 | 2,690 | 1.38× |
| 46 | Virginia | $76,590 | 101.1 | 2,920 | 0.84× |
| 47 | New Mexico | $76,470 | 92.2 | 1,020 | 1.39× |
| 48 | Louisiana | $76,410 | 88.2 | 2,520 | 1.55× |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $76,010 | 87.8 | 3,290 | 2.29× |
| 50 | Mississippi | $75,890 | 87.0 | 2,290 | 2.34× |
| 51 | Arizona | $75,420 | 100.7 | 3,360 | 1.23× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where electrical power-line installers and repairers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for electrical power-line installers and repairers
The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $157,620 | 110.4 | 300 | 0.32× |
| 2 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $140,270 | 101.6 | 120 | 0.93× |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $137,180 | 115.6 | 770 | 0.39× |
| 4 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $135,450 | 103.7 | 50 | 0.44× |
| 5 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $135,400 | 109.4 | 240 | 1.05× |
| 6 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $135,300 | 105.4 | 810 | 0.80× |
| 7 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $135,080 | 111.0 | 450 | 1.21× |
| 8 | El Centro, CA | $134,950 | 95.2 | 40 | 0.72× |
| 9 | Salem, OR | $134,500 | 103.6 | 180 | 1.11× |
| 10 | Fresno, CA | $134,150 | 102.2 | 230 | 0.56× |
| 11 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $134,150 | 111.1 | 1,010 | 0.57× |
| 12 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $133,220 | 103.2 | 40 | 1.47× |
| 13 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $132,370 | 109.4 | — | — |
| 14 | Bend, OR | $132,010 | 103.6 | 80 | 0.89× |
| 15 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $131,050 | 110.5 | 200 | 0.73× |
| 16 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $130,440 | 113.6 | 2,140 | 0.40× |
| 17 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $130,080 | 106.9 | 130 | 0.39× |
| 18 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $128,750 | 106.4 | 1,580 | 1.09× |
| 19 | Albany, OR | $128,690 | 102.1 | 40 | 0.99× |
| 20 | Boulder, CO | $128,300 | 105.2 | 40 | 0.27× |
| 21 | Medford, OR | $128,030 | 101.4 | 50 | 0.66× |
| 22 | Pocatello, ID | $127,700 | 88.9 | 30 | 0.97× |
| 23 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $127,580 | 99.6 | 460 | 1.21× |
| 24 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $127,490 | 100.3 | 210 | 0.99× |
| 25 | Binghamton, NY | $127,170 | 92.9 | 100 | 1.22× |
| 26 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $127,160 | 106.7 | 650 | 0.72× |
| 27 | Lewiston, ID-WA | $126,860 | 91.2 | 30 | 1.33× |
| 28 | Boise City, ID | $126,840 | 98.4 | 340 | 1.04× |
| 29 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $126,670 | 100.9 | 280 | 0.99× |
| 30 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | $125,890 | 98.3 | 90 | 1.56× |
| 31 | Syracuse, NY | $124,970 | 95.7 | 250 | 0.99× |
| 32 | Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | $124,110 | 103.9 | 100 | 2.30× |
| 33 | Utica-Rome, NY | $123,700 | 92.7 | 120 | 1.19× |
| 34 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $123,650 | 108.6 | 170 | 1.68× |
| 35 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $123,430 | 103.6 | 1,830 | 0.48× |
| 36 | Reno, NV | $122,890 | 101.0 | 130 | 0.54× |
| 37 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $122,480 | 112.6 | 3,850 | 0.48× |
| 38 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $122,240 | 97.5 | 60 | 1.70× |
| 39 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $121,260 | 100.9 | 440 | 0.63× |
| 40 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $120,870 | 111.9 | 740 | 0.57× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where electrical power-line installers and repairers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
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Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.
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- Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$61,010
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$49,230
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- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,630
- Medical Equipment Repairers$61,660
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery$60,850