How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $62,940 and the 90th percentile is $124,460. The difference is $61,520, which is 69.9% 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 $71,640 to the 75th at $104,340, covers $32,700.

The mean annual wage is $91,210, which sits above the median of $87,950. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median is 37.7% 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 $79,648, which is 24.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.8% higher than the California median of $76,630.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 110.423, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $87,950 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $79,648 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. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks 2nd 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).).

• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 36 miles away, with a median of $83,030 and employment of 60. That median is 5.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,553, against $79,648 here.
• Merced, CA is 41 miles away, with a median of $71,700 and employment of 40. That median is 18.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,959, against $79,648 here.
• Salinas, CA is 46 miles away, with a median of $77,890 and employment of 90. That median is 11.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,431, against $79,648 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (1,060 of 1,134,970). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.03 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.