Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,880
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$33,400
27.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,653
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$121,280
Kept after tax
$87,880
Worth in national money
$81,653
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays this job a middle wage of $121,280, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 27.23% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New York. It ranks 56 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $121,280, tax leaves $87,880 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $81,653 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $108,030.
- New York's median for electrical power-line installers and repairers is $121,280, about 27.23% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within New York, electrical power-line installers and repairers ranks 56 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $87,880 remains from the New York median of $121,280 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $81,653 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $108,030 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $141,160 |
| This salary | $121,280 |
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 New York | $87,880 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,150 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,234 |
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 | $112,367 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,043 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electrical power-line installers and repairers in New York earn under $121,280 and half over. The published range runs $58,740 at the tenth percentile to $141,160 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $87,880 take-home in New York comes from $121,280. 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 56 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $81,653, the adjusted value of that $121,280 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 56 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical power-line installers and repairers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,740 to $141,160; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $87,880, from $121,280, assumes a single New York 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 56 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $81,653 — the adjusted value of that $121,280 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 56 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $108,030 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,740 at the bottom tenth to $141,160 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $81,653 of national purchasing power.
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 New York's own levy, $87,880 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New York is $108,030. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,740 to $141,160) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $81,653 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 $87,880 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York 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.