How much do Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers make in Longview, TX?

Percentile spread

For Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $54,930 and the 90th percentile is $102,830. The difference is $47,900, which is 59.5% 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 $63,020 to the 75th at $94,470, covers $31,450.

The mean annual wage is $78,750, which sits below the median of $80,490. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Longview, TX median is 15.6% lower than the national median of $95,320 for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $89,948, which is 5.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% higher than the Texas median of $78,940.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Longview, TX is 89.485, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $80,490 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers at $89,948 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers. Longview, TX ranks 6th of 11 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).).

• Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 55 miles away, with a median of $79,840 and employment of 140. That median is 0.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $94,189, against $89,948 here.
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 136 miles away, with a median of $77,910 and employment of 3,930. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,575, against $89,948 here.
• Sherman-Denison, TX is 142 miles away, with a median of $73,580 and employment of 280. That median is 8.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,468, against $89,948 here.

Employment share

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Longview, TX (160 of 118,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (131,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.61 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.