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

How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Wichita, KS?

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 Wichita, KS is $60,390. The 10th percentile is $45,770 and the 90th percentile is $76,860. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$60,390

10th percentile
$45,770
25th percentile
$48,880
Median
$60,390
75th percentile
$61,220
90th percentile
$76,860
Mean
$59,810

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 $45,770 and the 90th percentile is $76,860. The difference is $31,090, which is 51.5% 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 $48,880 to the 75th at $61,220, covers $12,340.

The mean annual wage is $59,810, which sits below the median of $60,390. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wichita, KS median is 5.5% 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 $67,895, which is 6.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.9% higher than the Kansas median of $58,690.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,390 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $67,895 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Wichita, KS ranks 2nd of 8 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).).

  • Tulsa, OK is 112 miles away, with a median of $50,310 and employment of 510. That median is 16.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,392, against $67,895 here.
  • Manhattan, KS is 119 miles away, with a median of $59,320 and employment of 40. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,793, against $67,895 here.
  • Topeka, KS is 125 miles away, with a median of $58,920 and employment of 110. That median is 2.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,336, against $67,895 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Wichita, KS (230 of 308,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 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 Wichita, KS · 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 Wichita, KS?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Wichita, KS is $60,390. The 10th percentile is $45,770 and the 90th percentile is $76,860. Employment is 230.

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

The local median is 5.5% lower than the national median of $63,890.

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

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $60,390 is $67,895. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

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

Tulsa, OK is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 112 miles away, at $50,310. Wichita, KS ranks 2nd of 8 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.