How much do Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers make in Worcester, MA?

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers, the published 10th percentile is $37,440 and the 90th percentile is $90,820. The difference is $53,380, which is 80.4% 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 $37,440 to the 75th at $79,130, covers $41,690.

The mean annual wage is $62,920, which sits below the median of $66,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Worcester, MA median is 3.9% 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 $64,746, which is 1.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.2% lower than the Massachusetts median of $76,500.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Worcester, MA is 102.523, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers at $64,746 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers. Worcester, MA ranks 12th of 17 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).).

• Springfield, MA is 38 miles away, with a median of $78,190 and employment of 160. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,396, against $64,746 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 43 miles away, with a median of $87,160 and employment of 210. That median is 31.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,493, against $64,746 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 49 miles away, with a median of $78,240 and employment of 2,140. That median is 17.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,266, against $64,746 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Worcester, MA (230 of 349,880). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (140,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 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.