SOC 49-9051 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025
How much do Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?
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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $121,260. The 10th percentile is $50,280 and the 90th percentile is $124,790. Employment is 440.
Median annual wage
$121,260
- 10th percentile
- $50,280
- 25th percentile
- $80,200
- Median
- $121,260
- 75th percentile
- $124,180
- 90th percentile
- $124,790
- Mean
- $102,400
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $50,280 and the 90th percentile is $124,790. The difference is $74,510, which is 61.4% 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 $80,200 to the 75th at $124,180, covers $43,980.
The mean annual wage is $102,400, which sits below the median of $121,260. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT median is 27.2% higher than the national median of $95,320 for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $120,217, which is 26.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 19.8% higher than the Utah median of $101,220.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $121,260 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers at $120,217 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ranks 2nd of 4 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).).
- Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT is 58 miles away, with a median of $70,070 and employment of 160. That median is 42.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,331, against $120,217 here.
- Ogden, UT is 68 miles away, with a median of $87,390 and employment of 120. That median is 27.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,086, against $120,217 here.
- Pocatello, ID is 151 miles away, with a median of $127,700 and employment of 30. That median is 5.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $143,635, against $120,217 here.
Employment share
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (440 of 826,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (131,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.63 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT · 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $121,260. The 10th percentile is $50,280 and the 90th percentile is $124,790. Employment is 440.
How does that compare with the national median for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers?
The local median is 27.2% higher than the national median of $95,320.
What is Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $121,260 is $120,217. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Salt Lake City-Murray, UT compare with nearby metros for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers?
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 58 miles away, at $70,070. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ranks 2nd of 4 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.