SOC 49-9051 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers make in Billings, MT?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Billings, MT is $108,200. The 10th percentile is $77,270 and the 90th percentile is $121,510. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$108,200

10th percentile
$77,270
25th percentile
$97,660
Median
$108,200
75th percentile
$119,500
90th percentile
$121,510
Mean
$104,860

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $77,270 and the 90th percentile is $121,510. The difference is $44,240, which is 40.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $97,660 to the 75th at $119,500, covers $21,840.

The mean annual wage is $104,860, which sits below the median of $108,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Billings, MT median is 13.5% higher than the national median of $95,320 for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $115,690, which is 21.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.9% lower than the Montana median of $110,320.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Billings, MT is 93.526, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $108,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers at $115,690 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Billings, MT (70 of 93,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (131,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.89 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Billings, MT · Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers make in Billings, MT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Billings, MT is $108,200. The 10th percentile is $77,270 and the 90th percentile is $121,510. Employment is 70.

How does that compare with the national median for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers?

The local median is 13.5% higher than the national median of $95,320.

What is Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers pay in Billings, MT after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Billings, MT is 93.526, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $108,200 is $115,690. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.