Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,788
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$12,302
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,302
Utah costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Utah — 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
$60,090
Kept after tax
$47,788
Worth in national money
$50,302
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Utah. The middle earner gets $60,090. That is 37 of 51 states, and about 19.16% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Utah, this sits in the middle: 231 of 487 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,090 you keep $47,788 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,302 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $59,500.
- For telecommunications line installers and repairers, Utah sits in the lower band at $60,090, ranking 37 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 19.16%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Telecommunications line installers and repairers ranks 231 of 487 occupations in Utah by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Utah is $47,788 after the full tax stack, from $60,090. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,302 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $59,500 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 | $41,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,120 |
| This salary | $60,090 |
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 Utah | $47,788 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,462 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,627 |
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 | $56,762 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,968 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Utah earn less than $60,090. The published range is $41,630 up to $78,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $47,788 take-home in Utah comes from $60,090. 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 231 of 487.
- Two cautions on $50,302, the adjusted value of that $60,090 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Utah. 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 231 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,630 to $78,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $47,788, from $60,090, assumes a single Utah 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 231 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 51 for it.
- This $50,302 adjusted figure, worked from $60,090, 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 231 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 231 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $41,630 at the tenth percentile, $78,120 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Utah sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $50,302 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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; Utah then takes its own share, leaving $47,788.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,630 to $78,120) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Utah rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Utah'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 $50,302 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 $47,788 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Utah 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.