Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,196
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$16,514
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,116
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$73,710
Kept after tax
$57,196
Worth in national money
$58,116
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $73,710, ranking 21 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 209.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $73,710 the take-home is $57,196, which is worth about $58,116 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $71,920, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Minnesota occupies the middle band for telecommunications line installers and repairers: a median of $73,710, ranking 21 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, telecommunications line installers and repairers sits at 209 of 490 — 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.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for telecommunications line installers and repairers on its $73,710 median: $57,196 retained after tax becomes $58,116 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $71,920 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 | $49,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,020 |
| This salary | $73,710 |
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 Minnesota | $57,196 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,685 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,333 |
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 | $68,751 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,985 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
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 Minnesota earn under $73,710 and half over. The published range runs $49,580 at the tenth percentile to $96,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $57,196, worked from $73,710. 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 209 of 490.
- Two cautions on $58,116, the adjusted value of that $73,710 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Minnesota. 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 209 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,580 to $96,020; 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.
- The Minnesota take-home of $57,196, on $73,710 for work ranking 209 of 490 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 209 of 490 in the state.
- This $58,116 adjusted figure, worked from $73,710, 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 209 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 209 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,580 at the tenth percentile, $96,020 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $58,116 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $57,196 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 ($49,580 to $96,020) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota'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 $58,116 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 $57,196 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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.