Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,939
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$26,021
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,629
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$100,960
Kept after tax
$74,939
Worth in national money
$69,629
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays this job a middle wage of $100,960, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 35.83% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations New York reports, this job comes in at 103 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $100,960, tax leaves $74,939 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $69,629 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $89,320.
- New York's median for telecommunications line installers and repairers is $100,960, about 35.83% above the national figure and 4 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.
- Telecommunications line installers and repairers ranks 103 of 493 occupations by median in New York, 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.
- After tax, $74,939 remains from the New York median of $100,960 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $69,629 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $89,320 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,090 |
| This salary | $100,960 |
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 New York | $74,939 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,855 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,548 |
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 | $93,972 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,332 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
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 New York earn under $100,960 and half over. The published range runs $50,470 at the tenth percentile to $120,090 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $74,939, from $100,960, 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 103 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $69,629, the adjusted value of that $100,960 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. 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 103 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications line installers and repairers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,470 to $120,090; 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 New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,939 from $100,960. 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 103 of 493 locally.
- This $69,629 adjusted figure, worked from $100,960, 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 103 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 103 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $89,320, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,470 at the tenth percentile, $120,090 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $69,629 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $74,939.
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 New York is $89,320. 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 ($50,470 to $120,090) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $69,629 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 $74,939 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York 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.