Electrical Power-Line Installer and Repairer Salary in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York

The annual salary statistics of electrical power-line installers and repairers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of electrical power-line installers and repairers in Watertown-Fort Drum is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$50,840
25th Percentile Wage
$63,420
50th Percentile Wage
$96,480
75th Percentile Wage
$99,040
90th Percentile Wage
$122,660

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $122,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,480. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,840.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of electrical power-line installers and repairers from 2012 to 2021. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth9-Year Growth
2021
$96,480
11.02% 11.02%
2016
$85,850
2.21% -
2015
$83,950
-2.26% -
2012
$85,850
- -

Table 2. Compare Electrical Power-Line Installer and Repairer Salary in Watertown-Fort Drum with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $96,480 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for electrical power-line installers and repairers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of electrical power-line installers and repairers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 14.4 percent (14.4%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 19.2 percent (19.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$112,740
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$107,050
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$106,830
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$105,070
Glens Falls
$103,150
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$102,870
Syracuse
$102,800
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$102,280
Rochester
$101,100
Utica-Rome
$99,300
Binghamton
$97,780
Watertown-Fort Drum
$96,480
Nassau-Suffolk
$92,820
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$89,640
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$86,310
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$77,910

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