SOC 49-2022 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025
How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Boise City, ID?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Boise City, ID is $66,560. The 10th percentile is $43,180 and the 90th percentile is $89,040. Employment is 430.
Median annual wage
$66,560
- 10th percentile
- $43,180
- 25th percentile
- $48,310
- Median
- $66,560
- 75th percentile
- $83,660
- 90th percentile
- $89,040
- Mean
- $68,120
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $43,180 and the 90th percentile is $89,040. The difference is $45,860, which is 68.9% 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 $48,310 to the 75th at $83,660, covers $35,350.
The mean annual wage is $68,120, which sits above the median of $66,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Boise City, ID median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $63,890 for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,648, which is 5.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 6.6% higher than the Idaho median of $62,440.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $67,648 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Boise City, ID ranks 2nd of 3 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).).
- Twin Falls, ID is 89 miles away, with a median of $68,690 and employment of 40. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,575, against $67,648 here.
- Idaho Falls, ID is 192 miles away, with a median of $60,730 and employment of 120. That median is 8.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,324, against $67,648 here.
Employment share
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Boise City, ID (430 of 391,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.21 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 Boise City, ID · Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 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 Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Boise City, ID?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Boise City, ID is $66,560. The 10th percentile is $43,180 and the 90th percentile is $89,040. Employment is 430.
How does that compare with the national median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?
The local median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $63,890.
What is Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers pay in Boise City, ID after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $66,560 is $67,648. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Boise City, ID compare with nearby metros for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?
Twin Falls, ID is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 89 miles away, at $68,690. Boise City, ID ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.