Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,926
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$14,404
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,856
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — 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
$60,330
Kept after tax
$45,926
Worth in national money
$43,856
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Oregon. The middle earner gets $60,330. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 18.83% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 272 among 489 occupations Oregon publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $60,330 the take-home is $45,926. But Oregon costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $43,856 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $62,930, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For telecommunications line installers and repairers, Oregon sits in the lower band at $60,330, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 18.83%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 272 of 489 in Oregon places telecommunications line installers and repairers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Oregon income tax is $45,926 for telecommunications line installers and repairers, from $60,330. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,856. ⚠️ 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 $62,930 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,370 |
| This salary | $60,330 |
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 Oregon | $45,926 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,655 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,272 |
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 | $54,445 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,004 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
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 Oregon earn under $60,330 and half over. The published range runs $44,900 at the tenth percentile to $83,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $45,926, from $60,330, 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 272 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,856 uses one figure for the whole of Oregon. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 272.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Oregon, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,900 to $83,370; 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 Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $45,926 from $60,330. 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 272 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,856, worked from $60,330, 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 Oregon address, on work sitting at 272 of 489 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 $62,930, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,900 and the top tenth $83,370, so most people doing this work in Oregon sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,856 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 Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $45,926 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.
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 Oregon is $62,930. 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 ($44,900 to $83,370) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oregon rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $43,856 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 $45,926 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon 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.