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Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers · SOC 49-9052

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$103,500
Median hourly wage$49.76

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $103,500 per year ($49.76 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,910 at the 10th percentile to $118,640 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,240 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $103,500 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $97,600 and $114,400.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$60,910$97,600$103,500$114,400$118,640
Hourly$29.28$46.92$49.76$55.00$57.04

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $103,500
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $97,980
  • United Statesnational
    $74,330

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

The median here is +6% vs California overall and +39% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$31,200$57,023$82,847$108,670Rockford, IL — $31,200Aguadilla, PR — $34,370San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $34,490Lawton, OK — $41,100Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $41,650Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,330Fargo, ND-MN — $47,280Valdosta, GA — $47,320Jacksonville, FL — $47,810Bismarck, ND — $47,840Lincoln, NE — $47,880Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,880Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,030Winston-Salem, NC — $48,170Baton Rouge, LA — $48,530St. George, UT — $48,660Tallahassee, FL — $48,890Rapid City, SD — $49,460Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $49,550Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,800Raleigh-Cary, NC — $50,020Omaha, NE-IA — $50,070Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $50,370Ogden, UT — $50,700Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $50,700Fayetteville, NC — $50,710Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $50,820Cedar Rapids, IA — $50,840Grand Forks, ND-MN — $51,010Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $51,340Colorado Springs, CO — $51,570Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $51,670Columbus, GA-AL — $52,520Terre Haute, IN — $52,690Idaho Falls, ID — $54,600Tulsa, OK — $55,220Warner Robins, GA — $55,400Jackson, MS — $55,420Eugene-Springfield, OR — $55,550Lubbock, TX — $55,680Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $56,400Columbia, MO — $56,820Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $57,230Springfield, MO — $57,600Clarksville, TN-KY — $57,610Salem, OR — $57,750Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $57,820Boise City, ID — $58,040Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $58,050Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $58,130Asheville, NC — $58,190Bend, OR — $58,200Oklahoma City, OK — $58,370Kansas City, MO-KS — $58,560Chattanooga, TN-GA — $58,870Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $58,880Auburn-Opelika, AL — $58,940Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $58,950Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $59,080Jackson, TN — $59,160Wilmington, NC — $59,470Bay City, MI — $59,490Billings, MT — $59,760Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,790Toledo, OH — $59,790Knoxville, TN — $59,970Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $60,040South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $60,380Corvallis, OR — $60,420Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $60,670Bloomington, IL — $60,810Iowa City, IA — $60,890Akron, OH — $60,910St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,990North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $61,060Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $61,070Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,180Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,210Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,250Albuquerque, NM — $61,300Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,420Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $61,520Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,880Jefferson City, MO — $62,180Port St. Lucie, FL — $62,180Cleveland, OH — $62,290York-Hanover, PA — $62,350Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,430Monroe, MI — $62,450Joplin, MO-KS — $62,640Decatur, AL — $62,670Altoona, PA — $62,760Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $62,760Lexington-Fayette, KY — $62,800Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $63,050Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $63,190Monroe, LA — $63,250Jonesboro, AR — $63,490Gainesville, FL — $63,540Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $63,640Huntsville, AL — $63,900Pueblo, CO — $63,910Bloomington, IN — $63,950Columbus, OH — $64,000Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $64,100Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $64,120Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $64,190Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,490Elizabethtown, KY — $64,710Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $64,780Savannah, GA — $64,970Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $65,050Mobile, AL — $65,210Athens-Clarke County, GA — $65,250Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $65,260Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $65,440Birmingham, AL — $65,610Fort Wayne, IN — $66,030Paducah, KY-IL — $66,250Tuscaloosa, AL — $66,410Laredo, TX — $66,700Lexington Park, MD — $67,410Killeen-Temple, TX — $68,450St. Cloud, MN — $69,820Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $70,130Mankato, MN — $71,290Wichita, KS — $71,410Tyler, TX — $71,590Morgantown, WV — $71,950Kennewick-Richland, WA — $72,160Elmira, NY — $72,390Topeka, KS — $72,800Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $73,830San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $74,260Binghamton, NY — $74,420Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $74,840Yakima, WA — $75,580Utica-Rome, NY — $75,600Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $75,610Madison, WI — $75,640Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $76,010Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $76,070Reno, NV — $76,070Salisbury, MD — $76,120Syracuse, NY — $76,310Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $76,510Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $76,840Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $76,950Flint, MI — $76,990Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $77,160Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $77,380Lebanon, PA — $77,390Rochester, NY — $77,530Peoria, IL — $77,540Traverse City, MI — $77,570Redding, CA — $77,600Texarkana, TX-AR — $77,700Kingston, NY — $77,710Wichita Falls, TX — $77,720Amarillo, TX — $78,230McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $78,370Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $78,580Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $78,610Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $78,690Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $78,990Williamsport, PA — $79,030Ann Arbor, MI — $79,450Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $79,590Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $79,750Urban Honolulu, HI — $79,810Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $80,390Bangor, ME — $80,900Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $81,060Midland, TX — $81,620Richmond, VA — $82,130Roanoke, VA — $82,180Reading, PA — $82,190Longview, TX — $82,230Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $82,280Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $82,340Corpus Christi, TX — $82,810Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $83,740Visalia, CA — $83,860Fort Smith, AR-OK — $83,960Minot, ND — $85,620Manchester-Nashua, NH — $86,370Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $86,450Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $88,850Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $89,120Beckley, WV — $89,380Fresno, CA — $90,090Dover, DE — $90,720Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $90,880Wheeling, WV-OH — $91,090Lynchburg, VA — $91,120Pittsburgh, PA — $91,500Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $92,200State College, PA — $92,440Odessa, TX — $92,750Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $92,910Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $94,510Portland-South Portland, ME — $95,250Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $95,340Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $95,560Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $95,590Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $96,280Merced, CA — $96,520Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $96,540San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $96,580Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $96,600Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $96,780Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $96,880Vallejo, CA — $97,980Anchorage, AK — $98,690Chico, CA — $99,040Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $99,560San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $99,840Modesto, CA — $100,400Stockton-Lodi, CA — $100,460Fairbanks-College, AK — $100,680Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $100,950Salinas, CA — $100,970El Centro, CA — $101,650Pittsfield, MA — $101,860Worcester, MA — $102,070Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $102,250New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $102,550Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $103,090San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $103,500Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $103,650Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $103,810Springfield, MA — $105,220Glens Falls, NY — $107,210San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $107,310Barnstable Town, MA — $107,380Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $108,670

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 San Francisco metro area has the 8th-highest published median for this occupation among the 236 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 California

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $103,500
  • San Jose metro area
    $107,310
  • El Centro metro area
    $101,650
  • Salinas metro area
    $100,970
  • Stockton metro area
    $100,460
  • Modesto metro area
    $100,400
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $99,840

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$63,630Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$76,030First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$102,360Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$78,490Automotive Body and Related Repairers$76,740Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$58,140

Highest-paying metro areas for telecommunications line installers and repairerss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco 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.