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

Percentile spread

For Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $50,370 and the 90th percentile is $107,910. The difference is $57,540, which is 56.4% 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 $78,720 to the 75th at $106,810, covers $28,090.

The mean annual wage is $90,210, which sits below the median of $102,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Worcester, MA median is 37.3% higher than the national median of $74,330 for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $99,558, which is 33.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.3% lower than the Massachusetts median of $103,410.

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 $102,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers at $99,558 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers. Worcester, MA ranks 7th of 19 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 $105,220 and employment of 130. That median is 3.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $109,535, against $99,558 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 43 miles away, with a median of $86,370 and employment of 140. That median is 15.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,746, against $99,558 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 49 miles away, with a median of $103,090 and employment of 1,730. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $95,219, against $99,558 here.

Employment share

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Worcester, MA (110 of 349,880). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (97,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.50 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.