SOC 49-9052 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is $77,380. The 10th percentile is $47,220 and the 90th percentile is $108,610. Employment is 790.

Median annual wage

$77,380

10th percentile
$47,220
25th percentile
$59,670
Median
$77,380
75th percentile
$98,870
90th percentile
$108,610
Mean
$76,910

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $47,220 and the 90th percentile is $108,610. The difference is $61,390, which is 79.3% 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 $59,670 to the 75th at $98,870, covers $39,200.

The mean annual wage is $76,910, which sits below the median of $77,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 4.1% higher than the national median of $74,330 for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $78,906, which is 6.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.2% higher than the Texas median of $75,740.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers at $78,906 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 3rd of 6 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).).

  • Killeen-Temple, TX is 66 miles away, with a median of $68,450 and employment of 60. That median is 11.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,111, against $78,906 here.
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $74,260 and employment of 910. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,403, against $78,906 here.
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 141 miles away, with a median of $76,950 and employment of 2,040. That median is 0.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,020, against $78,906 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (790 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (97,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.97 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX · Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 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 Line Installers and Repairers make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is $77,380. The 10th percentile is $47,220 and the 90th percentile is $108,610. Employment is 790.

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

The local median is 4.1% higher than the national median of $74,330.

What is Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $77,380 is $78,906. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX compare with nearby metros for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers?

Killeen-Temple, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 66 miles away, at $68,450. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 3rd of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.