Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers · SOC 49-9051
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairerss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for electrical power-line installers and repairers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (4 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Top 25 of 261 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $157,620 | 300 | 0.3 |
| 2 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $140,270 | 120 | 0.8 |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $137,180 | 770 | 0.3 |
| 4 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $135,450 | 50 | 0.4 |
| 5 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $135,400 | 240 | 0.9 |
| 6 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $135,300 | 810 | 0.7 |
| 7 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $135,080 | 450 | 1.0 |
| 8 | El Centro, CA | $134,950 | 40 | 0.6 |
| 9 | Salem, OR | $134,500 | 180 | 0.9 |
| 10 | Fresno, CA | $134,150 | 230 | 0.5 |
| 11 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $134,150 | 1,010 | 0.5 |
| 12 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $133,220 | 40 | 1.2 |
| 13 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $132,370 | Not published | Not published |
| 14 | Bend, OR | $132,010 | 80 | 0.8 |
| 15 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $131,050 | 200 | 0.6 |
| 16 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $130,440 | 2,140 | 0.3 |
| 17 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $130,080 | 130 | 0.3 |
| 18 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $128,750 | 1,580 | 0.9 |
| 19 | Albany, OR | $128,690 | 40 | 0.8 |
| 20 | Boulder, CO | $128,300 | 40 | 0.2 |
| 21 | Medford, OR | $128,030 | 50 | 0.6 |
| 22 | Pocatello, ID | $127,700 | 30 | 0.8 |
| 23 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $127,580 | 460 | 1.0 |
| 24 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $127,490 | 210 | 0.8 |
| 25 | Binghamton, NY | $127,170 | 100 | 1.0 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 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.