Highest-paying Cities for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

The top 100 highest paying cities for electrical power-line installers and repairers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of electrical power-line installers and repairers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $135,610, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for electrical power-line installers and repairers. It is followed by Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California (average annual salary $129,580). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of electrical power-line installers and repairers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$135,610	$68,650	210
2	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$129,580	$80,250	40
3	Modesto, California	$127,670	$87,010	90
4	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$126,400	$61,240	60
5	Salinas, California	$126,250	$79,330	80
6	Bellingham, Washington	$125,280	$104,840	30
7	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$123,890	$74,240	250
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$123,740	$69,370	890
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$123,610	$60,610	110
10	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$122,740	$58,510	680
11	Redding, California	$122,050	$38,730	90
12	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$117,180	$80,020	350
13	Olympia, Washington	$117,120	$57,260	50
14	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$116,890	$114,310	30
15	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$116,200	$105,410	130
16	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$115,730	$78,790	170
17	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$115,030	$103,680	120
18	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$114,980	$97,280	80
19	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$114,590	$65,130	690
20	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$114,200	$96,470	410
21	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$113,400	$100,340	60
22	Yuba City, California	$113,330	$72,950	50
23	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$112,740	$79,710	2,850
24	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$112,710	$73,920	1,070
25	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$112,090	$40,020	110
26	Salem, Oregon	$111,670	$58,020	100
27	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$111,640	$82,780	470
28	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$111,000	$82,170	70
29	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$110,410	$100,730	130
30	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$109,900	$102,400	100
31	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$109,180	$43,140	110
32	Bend, Oregon	$108,840	$104,850	60
33	Spokane, Washington	$108,580	$66,050	210
34	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$108,540	$78,410	2,640
35	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$108,080	$76,900	240
36	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$107,540	$82,180	230
37	Walla Walla, Washington	$107,450	$55,470	50
38	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$107,370	$76,200	120
39	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$107,130	$88,110	60
40	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$107,050	$79,950	150
41	Longview, Washington	$106,840	$41,600	90
42	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$106,830	$80,410	220
43	Medford, Oregon	$106,300	$72,810	30
44	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$106,050	$52,050	1,350
45	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$105,720	$52,080	80
46	Mobile, Alabama	$105,590	$61,840	150
47	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$105,420	$81,650	60
48	Visalia-Porterville, California	$105,290	$70,880	150
49	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$105,260	$59,340	1,770
50	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$105,070	$71,060	130
51	Boulder, Colorado	$104,840	$75,540	50
52	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$104,780	$43,720	80
53	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$104,740	$47,770	1,340
54	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$104,670	$59,750	260
55	Montgomery, Alabama	$104,650	$68,130	160
56	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$104,560	$77,300	110
57	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$104,560	$61,460	550
58	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$104,550	$50,380	80
59	Billings, Montana	$104,310	$64,210	50
60	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$103,960	$64,210	60
61	Fresno, California	$103,940	$43,190	160
62	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$103,920	$73,260	720
63	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$103,750	$60,320	90
64	Fargo, North Dakota	$103,580	$64,520	60
65	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$103,560	$49,870	270
66	Springfield, Massachusetts	$103,530	$68,570	120
67	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$103,450	$48,090	2,230
68	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$103,320	$62,400	240
69	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$103,250	$82,480	110
70	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$103,160	$65,470	50
71	Glens Falls, New York	$103,150	$76,900	40
72	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$102,960	$78,550	100
73	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$102,870	$63,740	190
74	Madison, Wisconsin	$102,820	$62,190	360
75	Syracuse, New York	$102,800	$59,560	340
76	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$102,600	$61,440	250
77	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$102,530	$41,730	40
78	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$102,510	$78,900	70
79	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$102,450	$67,760	400
80	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$102,340	$78,640	180
81	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$102,280	$77,440	180
82	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$102,220	$48,780	1,020
83	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$102,110	$79,950	1,180
84	Pueblo, Colorado	$102,100	$74,790	110
85	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$102,000	$64,390	50
86	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$101,980	$52,550	110
87	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$101,940	$81,310	90
88	Bismarck, North Dakota	$101,900	$65,170	60
89	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$101,780	$58,050	280
90	Springfield, Illinois	$101,770	$75,750	100
91	Janesville, Wisconsin	$101,510	$59,630	50
92	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$101,480	$61,990	130
93	Fairbanks, Alaska	$101,420	$77,190	40
94	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$101,350	$67,100	130
95	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$101,150	$64,600	120
96	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$101,140	$75,850	150
97	Rochester, New York	$101,100	$65,560	160
98	New Haven, Connecticut	$101,070	$76,250	290
99	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$101,050	$66,270	140
100	Worcester, Massachusetts	$101,040	$76,050	180

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