How much do Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers make in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?

Percentile spread

For Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $48,220 and the 90th percentile is $103,990. The difference is $55,770, which is 78.1% 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 $59,380 to the 75th at $101,500, covers $42,120.

The mean annual wage is $75,850, which sits above the median of $71,400. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Durham-Chapel Hill, NC median is 25.1% lower than the national median of $95,320 for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,177, which is 23.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.6% lower than the North Carolina median of $77,270.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 97.572, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $71,400 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers at $73,177 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ranks 15th of 21 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $79,190 and employment of 190. That median is 10.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,274, against $73,177 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $78,930 and employment of 550. That median is 10.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,412, against $73,177 here.
• Fayetteville, NC is 66 miles away, with a median of $65,140 and employment of 270. That median is 8.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,821, against $73,177 here.

Employment share

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (230 of 344,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (131,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.79 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.