Pay · 49-2022

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers earn $63,890 a year at the midpoint

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The lowest tenth are paid about $44,240, the highest tenth about $96,730 — figures from the 2025 federal wage survey.

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$63,890median a year · United States

$30.72an hour $68,500average 140,920people

Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.

$51,83025th $63,890median $81,69075th

$44,24010th percentile $96,73090th percentile

$51,830a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job

$95,850best-paying state · Alaska

$49,740lowest-paying state · Arkansas

+50%top state against the national median

Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $95,850 in Alaska and $49,740 in Arkansas — a gap of $46,110 a year.

Telecommunications equipment installer earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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Telecommunications equipment installer wages, state by state

The 47 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.93 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State	Median a year	Where most start	10th to 90th	Employed
Alaska	$95,850	$56,150	$56,150 — $103,280	520
North Dakota	$90,890	$58,280	$58,280 — $103,150	470
New Hampshire	$85,240	$61,960	$61,960 — $96,610	550
Louisiana	$80,210	$50,930	$50,930 — $94,800	3,060
Hawaii	$79,250	$51,530	$51,530 — $96,970	760
New Jersey	$78,000	$51,590	$51,590 — $104,770	2,690
Washington	$77,610	$50,200	$50,200 — $101,630	3,210
California	$76,630	$56,410	$56,410 — $113,240	14,040
Massachusetts	$76,500	$39,610	$39,610 — $106,400	2,890
Colorado	$76,410	$51,030	$51,030 — $88,660	3,180
Oregon	$75,270	$47,750	$47,750 — $103,380	1,710
Connecticut	$75,200	$47,380	$47,380 — $99,460	1,910
Minnesota	$75,150	$45,040	$45,040 — $89,630	1,900
Montana	$73,970	$50,450	$50,450 — $92,410	630
Arizona	$72,710	$38,580	$38,580 — $93,720	3,320
New York	$67,710	$48,220	$48,220 — $102,180	6,240
Delaware	$66,670	$49,530	$49,530 — $85,200	440
Iowa	$65,710	$45,600	$45,600 — $83,620	1,780
Utah	$65,650	$47,110	$47,110 — $89,180	2,160
Pennsylvania	$64,960	$41,510	$41,510 — $97,800	5,220
Georgia	$64,900	$41,900	$41,900 — $96,960	6,640
Illinois	$64,630	$42,700	$42,700 — $100,140	5,760
North Carolina	$63,970	$48,400	$48,400 — $94,480	3,540
New Mexico	$63,600	$43,550	$43,550 — $85,690	1,100
West Virginia	$63,560	$41,970	$41,970 — $96,960	820
Maryland	$63,050	$44,120	$44,120 — $99,230	2,520
Nevada	$62,800	$46,060	$46,060 — $78,820	890
Idaho	$62,440	$41,630	$41,630 — $83,990	1,080
South Dakota	$62,000	$42,630	$42,630 — $88,000	520
Maine	$61,720	$48,780	$48,780 — $91,310	400
Michigan	$61,700	$44,650	$44,650 — $85,090	3,940
Ohio	$61,680	$43,680	$43,680 — $99,550	3,560
South Carolina	$61,480	$43,900	$43,900 — $92,910	2,130
Virginia	$61,340	$44,030	$44,030 — $90,290	3,310
Mississippi	$61,250	$38,330	$38,330 — $91,610	1,500
Tennessee	$61,220	$45,880	$45,880 — $92,780	2,480
Florida	$61,030	$45,910	$45,910 — $92,550	11,820
Indiana	$61,030	$46,020	$46,020 — $77,120	2,050
Wisconsin	$60,770	$48,780	$48,780 — $81,960	2,120
Nebraska	$60,520	$41,290	$41,290 — $82,950	1,430
Alabama	$59,770	$43,750	$43,750 — $91,790	3,200
Kentucky	$59,700	$38,870	$38,870 — $88,320	2,210
Texas	$59,370	$39,140	$39,140 — $89,120	13,440
Kansas	$58,690	$44,140	$44,140 — $80,960	1,480
Missouri	$57,610	$36,590	$36,590 — $86,790	2,260
Oklahoma	$50,350	$37,020	$37,020 — $77,040	1,660
Arkansas	$49,740	$34,620	$34,620 — $68,580	1,320

Telecommunications equipment installer pay rate, hourly to annual

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$63,898a year

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Tested circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
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Place 350 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 56% of the occupations in the survey.

348 Tool and Die Makers $64,050
349 Elementary school teachers $63,970
350 Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers $63,890
351 Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic $63,870
352 Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary $63,820

Questions people often ask

What is a telecommunications equipment installer’s yearly income?

A telecommunications equipment installer makes a median of $63,890 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $51,830 and $81,690.

What is a telecommunications equipment installer’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $30.72 an hour; the average is $68,500 a year.

What is the starting pay for a telecommunications equipment installer?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $51,830 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $44,240.

Which state pays telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers the most?

Alaska, with a median of $95,850 a year.

How many people work as telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers?

About 140,920 in the United States — number 350 of 788 occupations by median pay.

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