How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $48,400 and the 90th percentile is $91,270. The difference is $42,870, which is 69.6% 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 $59,550 to the 75th at $70,320, covers $10,770.

The mean annual wage is $65,640, which sits above the median of $61,580. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gulfport-Biloxi, MS median is 3.6% 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 $68,418, which is 7.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.5% higher than the Mississippi median of $61,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 90.006, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,580 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $68,418 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ranks 6th of 13 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).).

• Mobile, AL is 50 miles away, with a median of $60,310 and employment of 340. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,458, against $68,418 here.
• Hattiesburg, MS is 51 miles away, with a median of $58,510 and employment of 90. That median is 5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,767, against $68,418 here.
• Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 57 miles away, with a median of $90,690 and employment of 220. That median is 47.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $97,804, against $68,418 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS (200 of 158,310). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.39 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.