Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,302
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$25,928
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,361
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — 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
$106,230
Kept after tax
$80,302
Worth in national money
$82,361
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Pennsylvania's middle earner gets $106,230, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 11.45% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Pennsylvania this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 40 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $106,230, take-home of $80,302 is worth roughly $82,361 in national money. The average lands at $101,970, below the middle of the range.
- For electrical power-line installers and repairers, Pennsylvania sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $106,230, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 11.45% 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 Pennsylvania publishes a median for, electrical power-line installers and repairers sits 40 of 492 — 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.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for electrical power-line installers and repairers, whose median is $106,230, the adjusted figure of $82,361 differs little from $80,302 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $101,970 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 | $64,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,510 |
| This salary | $106,230 |
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 Pennsylvania | $80,302 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,563 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,632 |
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 | $101,594 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,016 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $106,230 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,550 and the ninetieth is $122,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Pennsylvania's $80,302, worked from $106,230. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 40 of 492.
- Two cautions on $82,361, the adjusted value of that $106,230 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Pennsylvania. 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 40 of 492 locally.
- The Pennsylvania median of $106,230 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,550 to $122,510. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Pennsylvania take-home of $80,302, on $106,230 for work ranking 40 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 40 of 492 in the state.
- This $82,361 adjusted figure, worked from $106,230, 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 40 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 40 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $101,970, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $64,550 at the tenth percentile, $122,510 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $82,361.
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 Pennsylvania's own levy, $80,302 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 Pennsylvania is $101,970. 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 ($64,550 to $122,510) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Pennsylvania rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania'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 $82,361 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 $80,302 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania 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.