SOC 49-2022 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL?

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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is $60,140. The 10th percentile is $39,380 and the 90th percentile is $88,770. Employment is 250.

Median annual wage

$60,140

10th percentile
$39,380
25th percentile
$46,850
Median
$60,140
75th percentile
$78,850
90th percentile
$88,770
Mean
$64,610

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $39,380 and the 90th percentile is $88,770. The difference is $49,390, which is 82.1% 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 $46,850 to the 75th at $78,850, covers $32,000.

The mean annual wage is $64,610, which sits above the median of $60,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL median is 5.9% lower than the national median of $63,890 for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,513, which is 5.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.5% lower than the Iowa median of $65,710.

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Iowa, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 89.079, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $67,513 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 Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL ranks 17th 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).).

  • Iowa City, IA is 62 miles away, with a median of $62,870 and employment of 70. That median is 4.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,704, against $67,513 here.
  • Peoria, IL is 65 miles away, with a median of $59,900 and employment of 140. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,658, against $67,513 here.
  • Dubuque, IA is 77 miles away, with a median of $68,980 and employment of 40. That median is 14.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,990, against $67,513 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL (250 of 180,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.53 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL · 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is $60,140. The 10th percentile is $39,380 and the 90th percentile is $88,770. Employment is 250.

How does that compare with the national median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?

The local median is 5.9% lower than the national median of $63,890.

What is Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers pay in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 89.079, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $60,140 is $67,513. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL compare with nearby metros for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?

Iowa City, IA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 62 miles away, at $62,870. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL ranks 17th of 21 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.