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

How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $61,710. The 10th percentile is $46,800 and the 90th percentile is $97,170. Employment is 810.

Median annual wage

$61,710

10th percentile
$46,800
25th percentile
$51,430
Median
$61,710
75th percentile
$74,530
90th percentile
$97,170
Mean
$64,900

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $46,800 and the 90th percentile is $97,170. The difference is $50,370, which is 81.6% 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 $51,430 to the 75th at $74,530, covers $23,100.

The mean annual wage is $64,900, which sits above the median of $61,710. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN median is 3.4% 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 $64,056, which is 0.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.8% higher than the Tennessee median of $61,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,710 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $64,056 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 9th of 20 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).).

  • Clarksville, TN-KY is 65 miles away, with a median of $73,790 and employment of 100. That median is 19.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,135, against $64,056 here.
  • Bowling Green, KY is 68 miles away, with a median of $59,010 and employment of 70. That median is 4.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,437, against $64,056 here.
  • Huntsville, AL is 90 miles away, with a median of $61,450 and employment of 370. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,024, against $64,056 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (810 of 1,099,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.81 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $61,710. The 10th percentile is $46,800 and the 90th percentile is $97,170. Employment is 810.

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

The local median is 3.4% lower than the national median of $63,890.

What is Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $61,710 is $64,056. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN compare with nearby metros for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?

Clarksville, TN-KY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 65 miles away, at $73,790. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 9th of 20 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.