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Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers · SOC 49-9051

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$111,490
Median hourly wage$53.60

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $111,490 per year ($53.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $81,230 at the 10th percentile to $128,560 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,550 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in the Boston metro area earn more than $111,490 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $94,370 and $126,620.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$81,230$94,370$111,490$126,620$128,560
Hourly$39.05$45.37$53.60$60.88$61.81

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $111,490
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $110,210
  • United Statesnational
    $95,320

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +1% vs Massachusetts overall and +17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$59,530$92,227$124,923$157,620Las Cruces, NM — $59,530Bowling Green, KY — $60,420Greenville, NC — $62,410Rocky Mount, NC — $62,860Wilmington, NC — $63,630Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $64,380Jackson, MS — $64,760Fayetteville, NC — $65,140Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $65,960Lafayette, LA — $67,250Odessa, TX — $67,260Warner Robins, GA — $68,060Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $68,350Wichita Falls, TX — $69,420Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $69,960Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $70,070Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $71,290Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $71,400Dalton, GA — $72,150Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $73,510Sherman-Denison, TX — $73,580Victoria, TX — $73,860Columbia, SC — $74,190McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $74,700Albany, GA — $75,330Florence, SC — $75,340Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $75,420Auburn-Opelika, AL — $75,490Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $75,570Dothan, AL — $75,640Killeen-Temple, TX — $76,150Alexandria, LA — $76,410Spartanburg, SC — $76,660Baton Rouge, LA — $77,010Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $77,020Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $77,120Midland, TX — $77,390Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $77,540Columbus, GA-AL — $77,640Farmington, NM — $77,650Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $77,700Lexington-Fayette, KY — $77,700Corpus Christi, TX — $77,770Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $77,910New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $77,980San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $78,030Portland-South Portland, ME — $78,100Richmond, VA — $78,110Lake Charles, LA — $78,190Chattanooga, TN-GA — $78,240Lubbock, TX — $78,320Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $78,430Paducah, KY-IL — $78,510Aguadilla, PR — $78,630San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $78,680Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $78,860Raleigh-Cary, NC — $78,930Greensboro-High Point, NC — $79,190Albuquerque, NM — $79,240Morgantown, WV — $79,290Oklahoma City, OK — $79,470Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $79,490Abilene, TX — $79,600El Paso, TX — $79,760Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $79,780Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $79,810Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $79,840Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $79,850Tallahassee, FL — $80,180Asheville, NC — $80,220Longview, TX — $80,490Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $80,500Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $80,510Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $80,520Tucson, AZ — $80,530Waco, TX — $80,610Jacksonville, FL — $80,860Tulsa, OK — $80,880Jackson, TN — $80,940Lincoln, NE — $81,220College Station-Bryan, TX — $81,390Valdosta, GA — $81,390Anchorage, AK — $81,530Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $81,740Columbus, OH — $81,760Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $82,120Gainesville, GA — $82,190Yuma, AZ — $82,550Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $82,710Gettysburg, PA — $82,820Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $83,230Ocala, FL — $83,330Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $83,570Clarksville, TN-KY — $83,760Toledo, OH — $83,870Monroe, LA — $84,340Grand Island, NE — $84,450Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $84,840Goldsboro, NC — $85,900Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $86,740Huntsville, AL — $87,080Ogden, UT — $87,390Jonesboro, AR — $88,360Hattiesburg, MS — $89,480Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $90,000Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $90,290Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $90,490Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $91,090Cleveland, OH — $91,120Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $91,680Cheyenne, WY — $91,770Morristown, TN — $92,250Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $93,150Cleveland, TN — $93,910Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $94,480Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $94,510Sheboygan, WI — $94,520Decatur, AL — $94,690Fort Smith, AR-OK — $94,800St. George, UT — $94,970Rapid City, SD — $95,220Tuscaloosa, AL — $95,290Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $95,380Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $95,480Youngstown-Warren, OH — $95,490Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $96,240Akron, OH — $96,340Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $96,510Johnson City, TN — $96,530Jefferson City, MO — $96,720Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $96,890Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $97,150Port St. Lucie, FL — $97,290Columbia, MO — $97,390Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $97,640Joplin, MO-KS — $97,670Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $97,910Springfield, MO — $98,090Bangor, ME — $98,230Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $98,520Dover, DE — $98,590Winston-Salem, NC — $98,720Anniston-Oxford, AL — $98,840Lawton, OK — $98,840Greeley, CO — $99,010Mankato, MN — $99,170St. Cloud, MN — $99,470Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $99,650Knoxville, TN — $99,780Montgomery, AL — $99,800Niles, MI — $99,850Ames, IA — $100,170Manchester-Nashua, NH — $100,210St. Joseph, MO-KS — $100,340Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $101,460Springfield, MA — $101,540Duluth, MN-WI — $101,660Kansas City, MO-KS — $101,740Fort Wayne, IN — $101,810Omaha, NE-IA — $101,960Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $102,230Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $102,340Mobile, AL — $102,380Birmingham, AL — $102,470Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $102,600Gainesville, FL — $102,650Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $102,680Wichita, KS — $102,920Iowa City, IA — $103,000Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $103,060Cedar Rapids, IA — $103,080Manhattan, KS — $103,540Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $103,550Janesville-Beloit, WI — $103,560South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $103,790St. Louis, MO-IL — $103,960North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $104,020Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $104,030Fond du Lac, WI — $104,220Madison, WI — $104,220Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $104,360Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $104,410Bismarck, ND — $104,800Fargo, ND-MN — $104,920Rochester, NY — $105,110Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $105,300York-Hanover, PA — $105,340Rochester, MN — $105,440Pittsburgh, PA — $105,590Springfield, IL — $106,630Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $106,840Colorado Springs, CO — $106,860Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $106,960Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $107,170Appleton, WI — $107,370Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $107,410La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $107,420Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $107,500Green Bay, WI — $108,000Wheeling, WV-OH — $108,060Billings, MT — $108,200Idaho Falls, ID — $108,660Topeka, KS — $108,720Traverse City, MI — $108,970Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $109,000Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $109,220Canton-Massillon, OH — $109,300Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $109,350Lawrence, KS — $110,180Pueblo, CO — $110,290Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $111,490Vallejo, CA — $112,990Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $113,120Grand Forks, ND-MN — $113,700Casper, WY — $114,170Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $114,640Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $114,820Worcester, MA — $116,460Grand Junction, CO — $116,570Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $119,460Yakima, WA — $119,850San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $120,870Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $121,260Longview-Kelso, WA — $122,240New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $122,480Reno, NV — $122,890Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $123,430San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $123,650Utica-Rome, NY — $123,700Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $124,110Syracuse, NY — $124,970Coeur d'Alene, ID — $125,890Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $126,670Boise City, ID — $126,840Lewiston, ID-WA — $126,860Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $127,160Binghamton, NY — $127,170Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $127,490Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $127,580Pocatello, ID — $127,700Medford, OR — $128,030Boulder, CO — $128,300Albany, OR — $128,690Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $128,750Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $130,080Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $130,440Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $131,050Bend, OR — $132,010Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $132,370Fairbanks-College, AK — $133,220Fresno, CA — $134,150Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $134,150Salem, OR — $134,500El Centro, CA — $134,950Urban Honolulu, HI — $135,080Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $135,300Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $135,400Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $135,450San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $137,180Eugene-Springfield, OR — $140,270San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $157,620

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 51st-highest published median for this occupation among the 261 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for electrical power-line installers and repairers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $111,490
  • Worcester metro area
    $116,460
  • Springfield metro area
    $101,540
  • Amherst Town metro area
    $95,380

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$59,670Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$63,060First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$94,970Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$78,530Industrial Machinery Mechanics$75,200Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$75,770

Highest-paying metro areas for electrical power-line installers and repairerss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.