SOC 49-2022 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025
How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?
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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is $58,460. The 10th percentile is $46,670 and the 90th percentile is $79,190. Employment is 1,890.
Median annual wage
$58,460
- 10th percentile
- $46,670
- 25th percentile
- $47,380
- Median
- $58,460
- 75th percentile
- $63,350
- 90th percentile
- $79,190
- Mean
- $59,260
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $46,670 and the 90th percentile is $79,190. The difference is $32,520, which is 55.6% 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 $47,380 to the 75th at $63,350, covers $15,970.
The mean annual wage is $59,260, which sits above the median of $58,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median is 8.5% 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 $57,944, which is 9.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 4.2% lower than the Florida median of $61,030.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is 100.890, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $57,944 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ranks 15th of 19 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).).
- Homosassa Springs, FL is 51 miles away, with a median of $57,800 and employment of 40. That median is 1.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,840, against $57,944 here.
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL is 52 miles away, with a median of $60,220 and employment of 170. That median is 3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,992, against $57,944 here.
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL is 55 miles away, with a median of $61,690 and employment of 280. That median is 5.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,234, against $57,944 here.
Employment share
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (1,890 of 1,447,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.44 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is $58,460. The 10th percentile is $46,670 and the 90th percentile is $79,190. Employment is 1,890.
How does that compare with the national median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?
The local median is 8.5% lower than the national median of $63,890.
What is Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers pay in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is 100.890, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $58,460 is $57,944. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL compare with nearby metros for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers?
Homosassa Springs, FL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 51 miles away, at $57,800. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ranks 15th of 19 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.