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

How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Dover, DE?

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 Dover, DE is $66,670. The 10th percentile is $52,170 and the 90th percentile is $79,270. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$66,670

10th percentile
$52,170
25th percentile
$59,040
Median
$66,670
75th percentile
$79,270
90th percentile
$79,270
Mean
$68,570

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 $52,170 and the 90th percentile is $79,270. The difference is $27,100, which is 40.6% 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 $59,040 to the 75th at $79,270, covers $20,230.

The mean annual wage is $68,570, which sits above the median of $66,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dover, DE median is 4.4% 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 $68,375, which is 7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Delaware median of $66,670.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $68,375 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

23 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Dover, DE ranks 13th of 24 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).).

  • Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 43 miles away, with a median of $76,780. That median is 15.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,668, against $68,375 here.
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 56 miles away, with a median of $75,290 and employment of 2,020. That median is 12.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,415, against $68,375 here.
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 58 miles away, with a median of $59,420 and employment of 1,010. That median is 10.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,868, against $68,375 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Dover, DE (100 of 68,080). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.62 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Dover, DE?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Dover, DE is $66,670. The 10th percentile is $52,170 and the 90th percentile is $79,270. Employment is 100.

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

The local median is 4.4% higher than the national median of $63,890.

What is Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers pay in Dover, DE after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $66,670 is $68,375. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dover, DE compare with nearby metros for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 43 miles away, at $76,780. Dover, DE ranks 13th of 24 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.