How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI?

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $46,560 and the 90th percentile is $77,050. The difference is $30,490, which is 65.5% 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 $46,560 to the 75th at $63,910, covers $17,350.

The mean annual wage is $54,650, which sits above the median of $46,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI median is 27.1% 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 $50,141, which is 21.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.7% lower than the Indiana median of $61,030.

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Indiana, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 92.858, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $50,141 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI ranks 27th of 27 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).).

• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 18 miles away, with a median of $65,200 and employment of 50. That median is 40% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,184, against $50,141 here.
• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 44 miles away, with a median of $58,920 and employment of 100. That median is 26.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,126, against $50,141 here.
• Fort Wayne, IN is 71 miles away, with a median of $61,640 and employment of 160. That median is 32.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,586, against $50,141 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI (180 of 131,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.51 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.