How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Madison, WI?

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $49,820 and the 90th percentile is $89,860. The difference is $40,040, which is 64.5% 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 $56,980 to the 75th at $78,830, covers $21,850.

The mean annual wage is $66,900, which sits above the median of $62,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Madison, WI median is 2.9% 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 $63,760, which is 0.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% higher than the Wisconsin median of $60,770.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Madison, WI is 97.287, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $63,760 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. Madison, WI ranks 9th 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).).

• Janesville-Beloit, WI is 39 miles away, with a median of $57,230 and employment of 40. That median is 7.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,076, against $63,760 here.
• Rockford, IL is 59 miles away, with a median of $62,460 and employment of 70. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,778, against $63,760 here.
• Dubuque, IA is 78 miles away, with a median of $68,980 and employment of 40. That median is 11.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,990, against $63,760 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Madison, WI (280 of 408,070). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.76 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.