How much do Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers make in Altoona, PA?

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $36,390 and the 90th percentile is $100,190. The difference is $63,800, which is 101.7% 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 $43,910 to the 75th at $100,190, covers $56,280.

The mean annual wage is $66,910, which sits above the median of $62,760. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Altoona, PA median is 15.6% lower than the national median of $74,330 for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $70,117, which is 5.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.5% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $81,020.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Altoona, PA is 89.507, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,760 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers at $70,117 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers. Altoona, PA ranks 22nd of 26 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).).

• State College, PA is 37 miles away, with a median of $92,440 and employment of 30. That median is 47.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $95,533, against $70,117 here.
• Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA is 67 miles away, with a median of $82,340 and employment of 120. That median is 31.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,467, against $70,117 here.
• Pittsburgh, PA is 82 miles away, with a median of $91,500 and employment of 710. That median is 45.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $96,651, against $70,117 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Altoona, PA (80 of 58,650). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (97,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.17 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.