Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,575
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$17,875
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,490
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$81,450
Kept after tax
$63,575
Worth in national money
$73,490
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arkansas pays this job a middle wage of $81,450, 40 of 51 states and about 14.55% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Arkansas reports, this job comes in at 65 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Arkansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $81,450 you keep $63,575, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $73,490 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $83,100, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Arkansas's $81,450 median for electrical power-line installers and repairers places it 40 of 51 states, about 14.55% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Electrical power-line installers and repairers ranks 65 of 489 occupations by median in Arkansas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Arkansas income tax, retained pay for electrical power-line installers and repairers on $81,450 is $63,575. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $73,490 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $83,100 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $115,120 |
| This salary | $81,450 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arkansas | $63,575 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,130 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,438 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $77,818 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,511 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arkansas earn less than $81,450. The published range is $51,150 up to $115,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $63,575 take-home in Arkansas comes from $81,450. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 65 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,490 uses one figure for the whole of Arkansas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 65.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,150 to $115,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $63,575, from $81,450, assumes a single Arkansas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 65 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,490, worked from $81,450, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arkansas address, on work sitting at 65 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,150 at the bottom tenth to $115,120 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Arkansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $73,490 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Arkansas's own levy, $63,575 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,150) and the ninetieth ($115,120) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Arkansas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $73,490 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $63,575 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.