How much do Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $45,510 and the 90th percentile is $81,520. The difference is $36,010, which is 59.4% 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 $49,700 to the 75th at $77,310, covers $27,610.

The mean annual wage is $63,480, which sits above the median of $60,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI median is 18.4% lower than the national median of $74,330 for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,498, which is 14.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.4% lower than the Michigan median of $74,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers at $63,498 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 12th of 18 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).).

• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 52 miles away, with a median of $76,010 and employment of 60. That median is 25.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,146, against $63,498 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 59 miles away, with a median of $65,050 and employment of 160. That median is 7.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,480, against $63,498 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 86 miles away, with a median of $60,380 and employment of 40. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,024, against $63,498 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI (270 of 598,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (97,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.72 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.