Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay · SOC 49-2095

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relays

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 86 metro areas

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Fresno, CA	$145,530	40	0.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$141,580	90	0.0
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$135,130	220	0.1
4	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$133,300	90	0.1
5	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$131,080	240	0.1
6	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$129,590	90	0.1
7	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$128,540	60	0.2
8	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$126,820	40	0.1
9	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$124,700	80	0.2
10	Tulsa, OK	$122,260	Not published	Not published
11	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$121,670	60	0.1
12	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$120,930	70	0.1
13	Jacksonville, FL	$120,840	130	0.2
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$119,460	290	0.1
15	Syracuse, NY	$119,230	160	0.5
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$118,990	540	0.1
17	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$114,480	170	0.0
18	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$114,170	100	0.1
19	Rochester, NY	$114,050	80	0.2
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$112,010	40	0.1
21	Clarksville, TN-KY	$110,660	30	0.3
22	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$110,140	60	0.1
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$109,570	230	0.2
24	Canton-Massillon, OH	$109,370	40	0.3
25	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$109,010	60	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.