Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,575
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$24,565
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,993
Connecticut costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Connecticut — 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
$97,140
Kept after tax
$72,575
Worth in national money
$69,993
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $97,140, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 30.69% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, this job comes in at 105 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $97,140 the take-home is $72,575. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $69,993 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $93,760, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For telecommunications line installers and repairers, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $97,140, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 30.69% 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.
- Telecommunications line installers and repairers ranks 105 of 482 occupations by median in Connecticut, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $72,575 for telecommunications line installers and repairers, from $97,140. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $69,993. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $93,760 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,740 |
| This salary | $97,140 |
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 Connecticut | $72,575 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,168 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,418 |
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 | $90,612 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,009 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
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 Connecticut earn under $97,140 and half over. The published range runs $76,960 at the tenth percentile to $117,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $72,575, from $97,140, 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 105 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,993 uses one figure for the whole of Connecticut. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 105.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Connecticut, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $76,960 to $117,740; 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 Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $72,575 from $97,140. 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 105 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,993, worked from $97,140, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Connecticut address, on work sitting at 105 of 482 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 $93,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $76,960 and the top tenth $117,740, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Connecticut costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $69,993 rather than its face figure.
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 Connecticut's own levy, $72,575 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 Connecticut is $93,760. 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 ($76,960 to $117,740) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Connecticut rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Connecticut's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $69,993 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 $72,575 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Connecticut 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.