Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,429
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$14,181
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,426
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$77,610
Kept after tax
$63,429
Worth in national money
$58,426
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Washington's middle earner gets $77,610, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 21.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 219 among 493 occupations Washington publishes pay for.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $77,610 the take-home is $63,429; in national-average money that behaves like $58,426. The average lands at $76,930, below the middle of the range.
- For telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers, Washington sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,610, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 21.47% 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.
- Position 219 of 493 in Washington places telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in Washington, on $77,610, is $63,429; deflated by the state's price level, $58,426. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $76,930 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,630 |
| This salary | $77,610 |
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 Washington | $63,429 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,429 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,846 |
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 | $77,610 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,457 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in Washington earn under $77,610 and half over. The published range runs $50,200 at the tenth percentile to $101,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,429 take-home in Washington comes from $77,610. 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 219 of 493.
- Two cautions on $58,426, the adjusted value of that $77,610 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. 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 219 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,200 to $101,630; 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 $63,429, from $77,610, assumes a single Washington 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 219 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- This $58,426 adjusted figure, worked from $77,610, 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 219 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 219 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,200 and the top tenth $101,630, so most people doing this work in Washington sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $58,426 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $63,429 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,200 to $101,630) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $58,426 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $63,429 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.