Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $65K, rent takes 25.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,119/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers typically earn — is $41K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,462/month. At HUD’s $1,119/month FMR, rent would take 45% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $65K locally vs. $64K nationally, a 3% difference.

New Mexico pays $65K median vs. the U.S. average of $64K — that’s +3%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 93.06), the purchasing-power equivalent is $70K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $65,110 a year, that works out to about $31 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $41,030, and experienced radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers can clear $100,110. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,333/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,119/month, which eats 25.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

New Mexico has a Regional Price Parity of 93.06 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers salary is worth about $69,966 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.