Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers · SOC 49-2022
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installerss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 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 322 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage, AK | $101,020 | 350 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $97,860 | 60 | 1.7 |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $92,290 | 1,850 | 0.8 |
| 4 | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | $90,690 | 220 | 2.2 |
| 5 | Rome, GA | $89,650 | 60 | 1.3 |
| 6 | El Centro, CA | $89,600 | 50 | 0.7 |
| 7 | Bismarck, ND | $89,260 | 70 | 0.9 |
| 8 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $89,140 | 70 | 1.0 |
| 9 | Grand Forks, ND-MN | $88,820 | 80 | 1.5 |
| 10 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $87,950 | 1,060 | 0.9 |
| 11 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $87,160 | 210 | 1.0 |
| 12 | Yuba City, CA | $86,140 | 40 | 0.9 |
| 13 | Santa Fe, NM | $83,620 | 50 | 0.7 |
| 14 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $83,030 | 60 | 0.6 |
| 15 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $81,800 | 120 | 1.0 |
| 16 | Baton Rouge, LA | $81,470 | 520 | 1.3 |
| 17 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $81,090 | 590 | 1.3 |
| 18 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $81,030 | 1,750 | 0.8 |
| 19 | Alexandria, LA | $80,540 | 60 | 1.0 |
| 20 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $80,000 | 1,180 | 1.4 |
| 21 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $79,410 | 120 | 0.6 |
| 22 | Duluth, MN-WI | $79,280 | 50 | 0.4 |
| 23 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $79,140 | 50 | 0.5 |
| 24 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $79,090 | 580 | 1.3 |
| 25 | Tucson, AZ | $78,810 | 220 | 0.6 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 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.