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

How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is $52,550. The 10th percentile is $38,610 and the 90th percentile is $83,440. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$52,550

10th percentile
$38,610
25th percentile
$40,830
Median
$52,550
75th percentile
$58,150
90th percentile
$83,440
Mean
$55,310

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $38,610 and the 90th percentile is $83,440. The difference is $44,830, which is 85.3% 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 $40,830 to the 75th at $58,150, covers $17,320.

The mean annual wage is $55,310, which sits above the median of $52,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median is 17.7% 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 $61,957, which is 3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.1% lower than the Alabama median of $59,770.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $61,957 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 17th of 18 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).).

  • Decatur, AL is 41 miles away, with a median of $62,230 and employment of 120. That median is 18.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,355, against $61,957 here.
  • Huntsville, AL is 56 miles away, with a median of $61,450 and employment of 370. That median is 16.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,024, against $61,957 here.
  • Jackson, TN is 93 miles away, with a median of $76,480 and employment of 50. That median is 45.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,427, against $61,957 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (60 of 56,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.18 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is $52,550. The 10th percentile is $38,610 and the 90th percentile is $83,440. Employment is 60.

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

The local median is 17.7% lower than the national median of $63,890.

What is Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers pay in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $52,550 is $61,957. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL compare with nearby metros for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?

Decatur, AL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 41 miles away, at $62,230. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 17th of 18 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.