Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,692
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$23,428
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,746
Maine costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maine — 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
$92,120
Kept after tax
$68,692
Worth in national money
$70,746
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Maine pays this job a middle wage of $92,120, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 23.93% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 80 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Maine costs about what the country costs, so from $92,120, take-home of $68,692 is worth roughly $70,746 in national money. The average lands at $86,940, below the middle of the range.
- Maine's median for telecommunications line installers and repairers is $92,120, about 23.93% above the national figure and 10 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 Maine, telecommunications line installers and repairers ranks 80 of 484 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.
- Price parity in Maine is near the national base, so for telecommunications line installers and repairers, whose median is $92,120, the adjusted figure of $70,746 differs little from $68,692 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $86,940 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,390 |
| This salary | $92,120 |
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 Maine | $68,692 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,636 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,031 |
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 | $85,092 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,950 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
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 Maine earn under $92,120 and half over. The published range runs $65,170 at the tenth percentile to $97,390 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $68,692, from $92,120, 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 80 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $70,746, the adjusted value of that $92,120 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Maine. 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 80 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Maine, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $65,170 to $97,390; 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 Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $68,692 from $92,120. 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 80 of 484 locally.
- This $70,746 adjusted figure, worked from $92,120, 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 80 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 80 of 484 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 $86,940 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 $65,170 at the bottom tenth to $97,390 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $70,746.
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 Maine adds its own income tax on top — which is why $68,692 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 Maine is $86,940. 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 ($65,170 to $97,390) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maine rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Maine'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 $70,746 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 $68,692 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maine 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.