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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers · SOC 49-2022

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$81,030
Median hourly wage$38.96

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $81,030 per year ($38.96 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $58,260 at the 10th percentile to $103,240 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,750 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in the Seattle metro area earn more than $81,030 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $64,610 and $85,760.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$58,260$64,610$81,030$85,760$103,240
Hourly$28.01$31.06$38.96$41.23$49.63

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

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $81,030
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $77,610
  • United Statesnational
    $63,890

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

The median here is +4% vs Washington overall and +27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$27,190$51,800$76,410$101,020Aguadilla, PR — $27,190San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $34,690Fort Smith, AR-OK — $41,370Lawton, OK — $46,020Victoria, TX — $46,040South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $46,560San Angelo, TX — $46,840Texarkana, TX-AR — $46,840Lewiston, ID-WA — $47,160Hot Springs, AR — $47,360El Paso, TX — $48,660McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,690Odessa, TX — $48,730Lincoln, NE — $48,770Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $49,390Jonesboro, AR — $49,740Valdosta, GA — $49,870Springfield, MO — $50,280Tulsa, OK — $50,310Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $51,510Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $51,720Columbia, MO — $51,780Tyler, TX — $51,830Wichita Falls, TX — $52,160Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $52,550Albany, GA — $52,820Laredo, TX — $52,980Wheeling, WV-OH — $53,780Oklahoma City, OK — $54,090Farmington, NM — $54,330Joplin, MO-KS — $54,720Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $54,770Roanoke, VA — $55,380Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $55,520Terre Haute, IN — $55,990Sebring, FL — $56,110Jefferson City, MO — $56,400Athens-Clarke County, GA — $56,460Abilene, TX — $56,550Dalton, GA — $56,670Waco, TX — $56,770Corpus Christi, TX — $56,850Cleveland, TN — $56,960Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $57,000College Station-Bryan, TX — $57,200Janesville-Beloit, WI — $57,230Amarillo, TX — $57,250Killeen-Temple, TX — $57,320Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $57,380Florence, SC — $57,550Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $57,720Longview, TX — $57,730Lebanon, PA — $57,760Homosassa Springs, FL — $57,800Lubbock, TX — $57,800Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,980Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $58,040Naples-Marco Island, FL — $58,280Eau Claire, WI — $58,300Montgomery, AL — $58,330Wausau, WI — $58,420Evansville, IN — $58,430Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,460Hattiesburg, MS — $58,510Tallahassee, FL — $58,540Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $58,710Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,720Utica-Rome, NY — $58,770Dothan, AL — $58,800Columbus, GA-AL — $58,860Chattanooga, TN-GA — $58,910Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $58,920Topeka, KS — $58,920Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $58,940Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $58,940Bowling Green, KY — $59,010Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $59,040Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $59,120Rapid City, SD — $59,250Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $59,310Manhattan, KS — $59,320St. Joseph, MO-KS — $59,390Jackson, MS — $59,400Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $59,420Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $59,430Bangor, ME — $59,440Grand Island, NE — $59,590Richmond, VA — $59,590Auburn-Opelika, AL — $59,620Anniston-Oxford, AL — $59,730Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,730Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $59,730Macon-Bibb County, GA — $59,730Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,730Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $59,730Bloomington, IL — $59,750Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $59,850Peoria, IL — $59,900Port St. Lucie, FL — $59,910Lynchburg, VA — $59,970Spartanburg, SC — $60,110Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $60,140Appleton, WI — $60,190Green Bay, WI — $60,200Johnson City, TN — $60,200Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $60,220Mobile, AL — $60,310Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $60,340Lawrence, KS — $60,380Midland, TX — $60,380Wichita, KS — $60,390Tuscaloosa, AL — $60,510Wilmington, NC — $60,550Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,580Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $60,580Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,670Sheboygan, WI — $60,670St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,690Traverse City, MI — $60,690Idaho Falls, ID — $60,730Ogden, UT — $60,810Johnstown, PA — $60,830Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $60,830Asheville, NC — $61,000Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,010San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,030Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $61,080Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,090St. George, UT — $61,100Erie, PA — $61,330Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,330Columbus, OH — $61,380Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,410Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,420Pueblo, CO — $61,430Huntsville, AL — $61,450Syracuse, NY — $61,550Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $61,560Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,570Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $61,580Knoxville, TN — $61,580Canton-Massillon, OH — $61,600Toledo, OH — $61,610Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,620Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $61,640Fort Wayne, IN — $61,640North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $61,690Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,710Savannah, GA — $61,710Casper, WY — $61,780Cheyenne, WY — $61,780Helena, MT — $61,800Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,950Akron, OH — $61,960Monroe, LA — $61,970Madison, WI — $62,030Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,170Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,200Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,210Decatur, AL — $62,230Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,230Punta Gorda, FL — $62,250Greeley, CO — $62,270Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,400Coeur d'Alene, ID — $62,410Altoona, PA — $62,460Rockford, IL — $62,460Flagstaff, AZ — $62,470Bend, OR — $62,510Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,630Lancaster, PA — $62,700Jacksonville, FL — $62,720Bloomington, IN — $62,730Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,730Ann Arbor, MI — $62,750Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $62,790Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $62,790Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $62,800Albuquerque, NM — $62,820Kingston, NY — $62,830Iowa City, IA — $62,870Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $62,980Williamsport, PA — $63,050Portland-South Portland, ME — $63,070Birmingham, AL — $63,080Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $63,130Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $63,160La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $63,270Warner Robins, GA — $63,280Jacksonville, NC — $63,320Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $63,390Albany, OR — $63,410Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $63,460Charleston, WV — $63,560Morgantown, WV — $63,840Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $63,900Binghamton, NY — $63,920Ocala, FL — $64,110Winston-Salem, NC — $64,360Springfield, IL — $64,410Cleveland, OH — $64,460Omaha, NE-IA — $64,850Corvallis, OR — $65,010Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $65,200Paducah, KY-IL — $65,240Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $65,430Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $65,430Ames, IA — $65,470State College, PA — $65,820Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $66,000Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $66,040Worcester, MA — $66,380Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $66,430Boise City, ID — $66,560Dover, DE — $66,670Lexington-Fayette, KY — $66,750Redding, CA — $66,800Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $66,920York-Hanover, PA — $67,820Twin Falls, ID — $68,690Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $68,730Dubuque, IA — $68,980Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $69,110Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $69,120Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $69,220Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $69,350Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $69,390Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $69,800Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $69,820Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $69,850Bozeman, MT — $69,930Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $70,240Pittsburgh, PA — $70,590Reading, PA — $70,630Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $70,790Fresno, CA — $71,300Reno, NV — $71,300Modesto, CA — $71,460Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $71,480Bellingham, WA — $71,540Merced, CA — $71,700Visalia, CA — $71,700Grand Junction, CO — $71,990Mankato, MN — $72,100Stockton-Lodi, CA — $72,520Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $72,600Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $72,770Cedar Rapids, IA — $72,920Decatur, IL — $73,410Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $73,440Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $73,480Gainesville, GA — $73,750Clarksville, TN-KY — $73,790Rochester, NY — $73,870Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $73,990Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $74,020Vallejo, CA — $74,240Rochester, MN — $74,330Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $74,430Fargo, ND-MN — $74,460Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $74,610Eugene-Springfield, OR — $74,700Salem, OR — $74,860San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $74,970Chico, CA — $75,190Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $75,290Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $75,690Columbia, SC — $75,710Missoula, MT — $75,860New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,900Lake Charles, LA — $76,070Yuma, AZ — $76,260Jackson, TN — $76,480Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $76,780Saginaw, MI — $76,780San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $76,970Colorado Springs, CO — $76,990Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $76,990Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $77,270Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,290New Haven, CT — $77,370Charlottesville, VA — $77,480Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $77,570Kennewick-Richland, WA — $77,610Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $77,800Boulder, CO — $77,800Billings, MT — $77,820Salinas, CA — $77,890Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $77,980Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $78,160Medford, OR — $78,190Springfield, MA — $78,190Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $78,240Gainesville, FL — $78,420Beckley, WV — $78,460Lafayette, LA — $78,580Las Cruces, NM — $78,620Tucson, AZ — $78,810Urban Honolulu, HI — $79,090Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $79,140Duluth, MN-WI — $79,280Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $79,410Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $80,000Alexandria, LA — $80,540Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $81,030New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $81,090Baton Rouge, LA — $81,470Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $81,800Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $83,030Santa Fe, NM — $83,620Yuba City, CA — $86,140Manchester-Nashua, NH — $87,160San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $87,950Grand Forks, ND-MN — $88,820Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $89,140Bismarck, ND — $89,260El Centro, CA — $89,600Rome, GA — $89,650Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $90,690San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $92,290Fairbanks-College, AK — $97,860Anchorage, AK — $101,020

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 Seattle metro area has the 18th-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 Washington

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.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $81,030
  • Bremerton metro area
    $79,140
  • Kennewick metro area
    $77,610
  • Bellingham metro area
    $71,540
  • Spokane metro area
    $70,240
  • Olympia metro area
    $69,350
  • Wenatchee metro area
    $65,430

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$60,760First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$93,230Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$59,290Industrial Machinery Mechanics$79,920Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$103,900Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$80,100

Highest-paying metro areas for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installerss · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle 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.