Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,172
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$29,038
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,994
Massachusetts costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Massachusetts — 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
$110,210
Kept after tax
$81,172
Worth in national money
$74,994
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $110,210, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 15.62% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Massachusetts this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 74 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $110,210 the take-home is $81,172; in national-average money that behaves like $74,994. The average lands at $108,040, below the middle of the range.
- For electrical power-line installers and repairers, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $110,210, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 15.62% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Massachusetts publishes a median for, electrical power-line installers and repairers sits 74 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Massachusetts, on $110,210, is $81,172; deflated by the state's price level, $74,994. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $108,040 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,620 |
| This salary | $110,210 |
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 Massachusetts | $81,172 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,363 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,879 |
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 | $102,832 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$19,171 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Massachusetts earn less than $110,210. The published range is $81,470 up to $127,620, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $81,172 take-home in Massachusetts comes from $110,210. 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 74 of 485.
- Two cautions on $74,994, the adjusted value of that $110,210 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Massachusetts. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 74 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical power-line installers and repairers in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $81,470 to $127,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $81,172, from $110,210, assumes a single Massachusetts 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 74 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- This $74,994 adjusted figure, worked from $110,210, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 74 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 74 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $81,470 at the tenth percentile, $127,620 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Massachusetts run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $74,994 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Massachusetts then takes its own share, leaving $81,172.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($81,470 to $127,620) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Massachusetts rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Massachusetts's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $74,994 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $81,172 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Massachusetts 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.