Highest-paying Cities for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

The top 100 highest paying cities for telecommunications 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 telecommunications line installers and repairers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $105,510, Rockford, Illinois is the highest paying city for telecommunications line installers and repairers. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $98,630). 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 telecommunications line installers and repairers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Rockford, Illinois	$105,510	$47,000	80
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$98,630	$49,910	7,500
3	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$98,230	$61,430	1,380
4	Glens Falls, New York	$97,620	$46,740	40
5	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$97,340	$83,500	670
6	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$95,980	$47,230	40
7	Worcester, Massachusetts	$95,350	$53,420	200
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$94,840	$57,150	1,730
9	Kingston, New York	$94,760	$32,070	70
10	Chico, California	$93,880	$46,050	80
11	Fresno, California	$92,260	$51,320	220
12	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$92,020	$67,880	n/a
13	Fairbanks, Alaska	$91,610	$59,550	40
14	New Haven, Connecticut	$91,070	$64,840	40
15	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$90,850	$50,270	60
16	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$90,810	$47,230	80
17	Springfield, Massachusetts	$90,650	$48,110	190
18	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$89,900	$50,630	30
19	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$89,640	$56,570	110
20	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$89,270	$71,920	280
21	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$89,090	$72,730	1,870
22	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$89,050	$45,620	80
23	Danbury, Connecticut	$88,340	$67,960	100
24	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$87,630	$45,670	630
25	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$86,300	$46,900	710
26	Salinas, California	$86,090	$53,860	70
27	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$85,720	$48,600	210
28	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$85,420	$33,240	1,160
29	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$85,180	$40,460	30
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$85,160	$67,650	1,770
31	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$84,800	$51,420	100
32	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$84,740	$79,910	140
33	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$84,590	$62,210	180
34	Yuba City, California	$84,330	$49,820	60
35	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$84,320	$54,690	230
36	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$84,260	$39,510	100
37	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$84,070	$47,620	820
38	Redding, California	$84,070	$40,270	60
39	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$84,010	$46,350	720
40	Utica-Rome, New York	$83,820	$47,200	100
41	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$83,680	$38,650	70
42	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$83,060	$63,970	180
43	Stockton, California	$82,950	$47,950	150
44	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$82,730	$36,610	2,610
45	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$82,470	$51,630	840
46	Charleston, West Virginia	$82,430	$38,790	110
47	El Centro, California	$82,390	$57,330	50
48	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$82,370	$34,400	110
49	Morgantown, West Virginia	$82,340	$39,030	40
50	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$82,070	$40,140	180
51	Reading, Pennsylvania	$81,970	$65,490	90
52	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$81,820	$32,050	9,660
53	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$81,420	$26,630	1,200
54	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$81,190	$63,900	70
55	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$81,160	$61,660	70
56	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$81,040	$55,130	110
57	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$80,630	$59,180	90
58	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$80,400	$43,870	650
59	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$80,190	$48,420	50
60	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$80,160	$37,550	200
61	Abilene, Texas	$79,870	$36,070	70
62	Rochester, New York	$79,740	$39,450	540
63	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$79,650	$48,740	80
64	Salisbury, Maryland	$79,600	$45,420	110
65	Lynchburg, Virginia	$79,590	$33,500	70
66	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$79,400	$45,350	70
67	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$79,390	$41,380	80
68	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$79,200	$38,740	50
69	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$79,030	$45,120	190
70	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$78,480	$44,840	390
71	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$78,390	$40,530	110
72	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$78,360	$65,690	1,070
73	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$77,750	$46,450	120
74	Modesto, California	$77,660	$46,940	90
75	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$77,380	$40,710	1,960
76	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$76,440	$43,740	80
77	Lawrence, Kansas	$75,950	$68,360	n/a
78	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$75,790	$36,600	70
79	Beckley, West Virginia	$75,740	$63,270	140
80	St Joseph, Missouri	$75,250	$61,940	n/a
81	Framingham, Massachusetts	$74,230	$64,100	160
82	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$73,990	$44,280	90
83	Rochester, Minnesota	$73,940	$40,600	60
84	Laredo, Texas	$73,830	$31,320	60
85	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$73,620	$45,880	60
86	Dover, Delaware	$73,540	$47,050	80
87	Roanoke, Virginia	$73,460	$43,750	260
88	Napa, California	$73,460	$36,930	90
89	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$73,300	$50,740	50
90	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri	$72,550	$48,570	30
91	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$72,500	$59,900	40
92	Wichita Falls, Texas	$72,240	$30,270	40
93	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$72,220	$44,700	60
94	Camden, New Jersey	$71,920	$36,500	390
95	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$71,840	$32,410	320
96	Wilmington, New Jersey	$71,760	$35,980	320
97	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$71,700	$35,480	50
98	Hot Springs, Arkansas	$71,570	$63,300	40
99	Visalia-Porterville, California	$71,560	$43,750	90
100	Peoria, Illinois	$71,500	$37,000	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for telecommunications line installers and repairers.