Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,203
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$10,397
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,676
Arizona costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arizona — 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
$58,600
Kept after tax
$48,203
Worth in national money
$47,676
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arizona pays this job a middle wage of $58,600, 43 of 51 states and about 21.16% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Arizona reports figures for, this is number 245.
- No great distortion either way. Arizona costs about what the country costs, so from $58,600, take-home of $48,203 is worth roughly $47,676 in national money. The average comes to $59,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Arizona's $58,600 median for telecommunications line installers and repairers places it 43 of 51 states, about 21.16% 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.
- In Arizona's occupational distribution, telecommunications line installers and repairers sits at 245 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Arizona is near the national base, so for telecommunications line installers and repairers, whose median is $58,600, the adjusted figure of $47,676 differs little from $48,203 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $59,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,410 |
| This salary | $58,600 |
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 Arizona | $48,203 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,265 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,022 |
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 | $57,278 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,654 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
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 line installers and repairers in Arizona earn under $58,600 and half over. The published range runs $39,730 at the tenth percentile to $80,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Arizona the take-home figure of $48,203, from $58,600, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 245 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $47,676, the adjusted value of that $58,600 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arizona. 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 245 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Arizona, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,730 to $80,410; 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.
- Take-home for Arizona is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,203 from $58,600. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 245 of 491 locally.
- This $47,676 adjusted figure, worked from $58,600, 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 245 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 245 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,730 at the bottom tenth to $80,410 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 $47,676 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Arizona adds its own income tax on top — which is why $48,203 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,730 to $80,410) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arizona rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Arizona's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $47,676 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 $48,203 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arizona 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.