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

How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Missoula, MT?

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 Missoula, MT is $75,860. The 10th percentile is $47,880 and the 90th percentile is $83,610. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$75,860

10th percentile
$47,880
25th percentile
$61,720
Median
$75,860
75th percentile
$81,240
90th percentile
$83,610
Mean
$71,840

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 $47,880 and the 90th percentile is $83,610. The difference is $35,730, which is 47.1% 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 $61,720 to the 75th at $81,240, covers $19,520.

The mean annual wage is $71,840, which sits below the median of $75,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Missoula, MT median is 18.7% 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 $78,656, which is 23.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.6% higher than the Montana median of $73,970.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Missoula, MT is 96.445, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $78,656 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Missoula, MT ranks 1st of 6 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).).

  • Helena, MT is 103 miles away, with a median of $61,800 and employment of 60. That median is 18.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,594, against $78,656 here.
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID is 121 miles away, with a median of $62,410 and employment of 120. That median is 17.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,494, against $78,656 here.
  • Lewiston, ID-WA is 138 miles away, with a median of $47,160 and employment of 30. That median is 37.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,733, against $78,656 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Missoula, MT (70 of 67,070). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.15 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 Missoula, MT?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Missoula, MT is $75,860. The 10th percentile is $47,880 and the 90th percentile is $83,610. Employment is 70.

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

The local median is 18.7% higher than the national median of $63,890.

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

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Missoula, MT is 96.445, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,860 is $78,656. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

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

Helena, MT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 103 miles away, at $61,800. Missoula, MT ranks 1st of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.