Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $71K, rent takes 30.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,369/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $1,400/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new telecommunications line installers and repairers typically earn — is $49K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,929/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $71K locally vs. $74K nationally, a 5% difference.

Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area pays $71K median vs. the U.S. average of $74K — that’s -5%.

The median is $70,580 a year, that works out to about $34 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $48,810, and experienced telecommunications line installers and repairers can clear $102,590. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,537/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,369/month, which eats 30.2% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median telecommunications line installers and repairers salary is worth about $70,580 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.