Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,113
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$13,627
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,919
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — 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
$75,740
Kept after tax
$62,113
Worth in national money
$63,919
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Texas pays this job around $75,740 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 140.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $75,740, take-home of $62,113 is worth roughly $63,919 in national money. The average lands at $75,270, below the middle of the range.
- For telecommunications line installers and repairers the Texas median is $75,740, ranking 18 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, telecommunications line installers and repairers sits at 140 of 493 — 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.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for telecommunications line installers and repairers, whose median is $75,740, the adjusted figure of $63,919 differs little from $62,113 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $75,270 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 | $46,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,500 |
| This salary | $75,740 |
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 Texas | $62,113 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $62,113 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,878 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $75,740 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,703 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 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 Texas earn under $75,740 and half over. The published range runs $46,540 at the tenth percentile to $102,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $62,113 take-home in Texas comes from $75,740. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 140 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,919 uses one figure for the whole of Texas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 140.
- Figures are distribution medians for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,540 to $102,500; 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.
- Retained pay of $62,113, from $75,740, assumes a single Texas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 140 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,919, worked from $75,740, 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 Texas address, on work sitting at 140 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,540 at the bottom tenth to $102,500 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $63,919.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $62,113 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,540) and the ninetieth ($102,500) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas'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 $63,919 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $62,113 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.