Pay distribution $42,970 10th $50,460 25th $65,270 75th $81,440 90th
Half of Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in the Kansas City metro area earn more than $60,580 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,460 and $65,270.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $42,970 $50,460 $60,580 $65,270 $81,440 Hourly $20.66 $24.26 $29.12 $31.38 $39.16
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.
How this area compares Kansas City metro areathis metro area
$60,580 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $50,460 to $65,270
$57,610 median for Missouri; middle half earns $46,050 to $69,160
$63,890 median for United States; middle half earns $51,830 to $81,690
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +5% vs Missouri overall and −5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $27,190 $51,800 $76,410 $101,020 Aguadilla, PR — $27,190 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $34,690 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $41,370 Lawton, OK — $46,020 Victoria, TX — $46,040 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $46,560 San Angelo, TX — $46,840 Texarkana, TX-AR — $46,840 Lewiston, ID-WA — $47,160 Hot Springs, AR — $47,360 El Paso, TX — $48,660 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,690 Odessa, TX — $48,730 Lincoln, NE — $48,770 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $49,390 Jonesboro, AR — $49,740 Valdosta, GA — $49,870 Springfield, MO — $50,280 Tulsa, OK — $50,310 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $51,510 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $51,720 Columbia, MO — $51,780 Tyler, TX — $51,830 Wichita Falls, TX — $52,160 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $52,550 Albany, GA — $52,820 Laredo, TX — $52,980 Wheeling, WV-OH — $53,780 Oklahoma City, OK — $54,090 Farmington, NM — $54,330 Joplin, MO-KS — $54,720 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $54,770 Roanoke, VA — $55,380 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $55,520 Terre Haute, IN — $55,990 Sebring, FL — $56,110 Jefferson City, MO — $56,400 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $56,460 Abilene, TX — $56,550 Dalton, GA — $56,670 Waco, TX — $56,770 Corpus Christi, TX — $56,850 Cleveland, TN — $56,960 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $57,000 College Station-Bryan, TX — $57,200 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $57,230 Amarillo, TX — $57,250 Killeen-Temple, TX — $57,320 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $57,380 Florence, SC — $57,550 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $57,720 Longview, TX — $57,730 Lebanon, PA — $57,760 Homosassa Springs, FL — $57,800 Lubbock, TX — $57,800 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,980 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $58,040 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $58,280 Eau Claire, WI — $58,300 Montgomery, AL — $58,330 Wausau, WI — $58,420 Evansville, IN — $58,430 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,460 Hattiesburg, MS — $58,510 Tallahassee, FL — $58,540 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $58,710 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,720 Utica-Rome, NY — $58,770 Dothan, AL — $58,800 Columbus, GA-AL — $58,860 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $58,910 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $58,920 Topeka, KS — $58,920 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $58,940 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $58,940 Bowling Green, KY — $59,010 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $59,040 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $59,120 Rapid City, SD — $59,250 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $59,310 Manhattan, KS — $59,320 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $59,390 Jackson, MS — $59,400 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $59,420 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $59,430 Bangor, ME — $59,440 Grand Island, NE — $59,590 Richmond, VA — $59,590 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $59,620 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $59,730 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,730 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $59,730 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $59,730 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,730 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $59,730 Bloomington, IL — $59,750 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $59,850 Peoria, IL — $59,900 Port St. Lucie, FL — $59,910 Lynchburg, VA — $59,970 Spartanburg, SC — $60,110 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $60,140 Appleton, WI — $60,190 Green Bay, WI — $60,200 Johnson City, TN — $60,200 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $60,220 Mobile, AL — $60,310 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $60,340 Lawrence, KS — $60,380 Midland, TX — $60,380 Wichita, KS — $60,390 Tuscaloosa, AL — $60,510 Wilmington, NC — $60,550 Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,580 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $60,580 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,670 Sheboygan, WI — $60,670 St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,690 Traverse City, MI — $60,690 Idaho Falls, ID — $60,730 Ogden, UT — $60,810 Johnstown, PA — $60,830 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $60,830 Asheville, NC — $61,000 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,010 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,030 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $61,080 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,090 St. George, UT — $61,100 Erie, PA — $61,330 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,330 Columbus, OH — $61,380 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,410 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,420 Pueblo, CO — $61,430 Huntsville, AL — $61,450 Syracuse, NY — $61,550 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $61,560 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,570 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $61,580 Knoxville, TN — $61,580 Canton-Massillon, OH — $61,600 Toledo, OH — $61,610 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,620 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $61,640 Fort Wayne, IN — $61,640 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $61,690 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,710 Savannah, GA — $61,710 Casper, WY — $61,780 Cheyenne, WY — $61,780 Helena, MT — $61,800 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,950 Akron, OH — $61,960 Monroe, LA — $61,970 Madison, WI — $62,030 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,170 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,200 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,210 Decatur, AL — $62,230 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,230 Punta Gorda, FL — $62,250 Greeley, CO — $62,270 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,400 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $62,410 Altoona, PA — $62,460 Rockford, IL — $62,460 Flagstaff, AZ — $62,470 Bend, OR — $62,510 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,630 Lancaster, PA — $62,700 Jacksonville, FL — $62,720 Bloomington, IN — $62,730 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,730 Ann Arbor, MI — $62,750 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $62,790 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $62,790 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $62,800 Albuquerque, NM — $62,820 Kingston, NY — $62,830 Iowa City, IA — $62,870 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $62,980 Williamsport, PA — $63,050 Portland-South Portland, ME — $63,070 Birmingham, AL — $63,080 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $63,130 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $63,160 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $63,270 Warner Robins, GA — $63,280 Jacksonville, NC — $63,320 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $63,390 Albany, OR — $63,410 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $63,460 Charleston, WV — $63,560 Morgantown, WV — $63,840 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $63,900 Binghamton, NY — $63,920 Ocala, FL — $64,110 Winston-Salem, NC — $64,360 Springfield, IL — $64,410 Cleveland, OH — $64,460 Omaha, NE-IA — $64,850 Corvallis, OR — $65,010 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $65,200 Paducah, KY-IL — $65,240 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $65,430 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $65,430 Ames, IA — $65,470 State College, PA — $65,820 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $66,000 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $66,040 Worcester, MA — $66,380 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $66,430 Boise City, ID — $66,560 Dover, DE — $66,670 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $66,750 Redding, CA — $66,800 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $66,920 York-Hanover, PA — $67,820 Twin Falls, ID — $68,690 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $68,730 Dubuque, IA — $68,980 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $69,110 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $69,120 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $69,220 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $69,350 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $69,390 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $69,800 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $69,820 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $69,850 Bozeman, MT — $69,930 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $70,240 Pittsburgh, PA — $70,590 Reading, PA — $70,630 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $70,790 Fresno, CA — $71,300 Reno, NV — $71,300 Modesto, CA — $71,460 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $71,480 Bellingham, WA — $71,540 Merced, CA — $71,700 Visalia, CA — $71,700 Grand Junction, CO — $71,990 Mankato, MN — $72,100 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $72,520 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $72,600 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $72,770 Cedar Rapids, IA — $72,920 Decatur, IL — $73,410 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $73,440 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $73,480 Gainesville, GA — $73,750 Clarksville, TN-KY — $73,790 Rochester, NY — $73,870 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $73,990 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $74,020 Vallejo, CA — $74,240 Rochester, MN — $74,330 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $74,430 Fargo, ND-MN — $74,460 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $74,610 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $74,700 Salem, OR — $74,860 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $74,970 Chico, CA — $75,190 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $75,290 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $75,690 Columbia, SC — $75,710 Missoula, MT — $75,860 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,900 Lake Charles, LA — $76,070 Yuma, AZ — $76,260 Jackson, TN — $76,480 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $76,780 Saginaw, MI — $76,780 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $76,970 Colorado Springs, CO — $76,990 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $76,990 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $77,270 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,290 New Haven, CT — $77,370 Charlottesville, VA — $77,480 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $77,570 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $77,610 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $77,800 Boulder, CO — $77,800 Billings, MT — $77,820 Salinas, CA — $77,890 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $77,980 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $78,160 Medford, OR — $78,190 Springfield, MA — $78,190 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $78,240 Gainesville, FL — $78,420 Beckley, WV — $78,460 Lafayette, LA — $78,580 Las Cruces, NM — $78,620 Tucson, AZ — $78,810 Urban Honolulu, HI — $79,090 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $79,140 Duluth, MN-WI — $79,280 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $79,410 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $80,000 Alexandria, LA — $80,540 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $81,030 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $81,090 Baton Rouge, LA — $81,470 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $81,800 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $83,030 Santa Fe, NM — $83,620 Yuba City, CA — $86,140 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $87,160 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $87,950 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $88,820 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $89,140 Bismarck, ND — $89,260 El Centro, CA — $89,600 Rome, GA — $89,650 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $90,690 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $92,290 Fairbanks-College, AK — $97,860 Anchorage, AK — $101,020 Kansas City metro area 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 Kansas City metro area has the 208th-highest published median for this occupation among the 322 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 Missouri Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Kansas City metro areathis page
$60,580 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $50,460 to $65,270
$60,690 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $47,030 to $76,240
$59,390 median for St. Joseph metro area; middle half earns $49,210 to $86,920
$56,400 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $47,800 to $63,120
$55,520 median for Cape Girardeau metro area; middle half earns $36,200 to $64,930
$54,720 median for Joplin metro area; middle half earns $42,630 to $75,820
$51,780 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $39,180 to $63,450
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 $48,860 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics $53,790 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $79,060 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers $62,680 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists $62,570 Industrial Machinery Mechanics $68,770 Highest-paying metro areas for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installerss · Highest-paying occupations in Kansas City 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 .