Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City
$95,000avg. a year
$45.67 an hour · 7,340 employed
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area earn an average of $95,000 a year. That is $5,680 (6%) more than the New York average of $89,320. The U.S. average is $73,940.
$102,550Median pay
$45.67Average hourly
+6%vs. New York average
7,340Jobs in this metro
Other New York metro areas
Average pay for telecommunications line installers and repairers in other New York metro areas. Swipe to see all 10.
130 jobs
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
$89,250
$42.91 an hour
230 jobs
Glens Falls, NY
$88,300
$42.45 an hour
3360 jobs
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
$82,300
$39.57 an hour
4490 jobs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
$81,370
$39.12 an hour
560 jobs
Elmira, NY
$80,950
$38.92 an hour
6170 jobs
Utica-Rome, NY
$78,690
$37.83 an hour
790 jobs
Kingston, NY
$78,310
$37.65 an hour
8350 jobs
Rochester, NY
$77,920
$37.46 an hour
9240 jobs
Syracuse, NY
$76,720
$36.88 an hour
10160 jobs
Binghamton, NY
$71,880
$34.56 an hour
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How New York-Newark-Jersey City compares
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Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | $60,860 |
| Industrial Machinery Mechanics | $76,760 |
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| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other | $58,150 |
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| Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $110,670 |
Questions and answers
How much do telecommunications line installers and repairers make in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
The average is $95,000 a year, and the median is $102,550. About 7,340 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the New York average?
That is $5,680 (6%) more than the New York average of $89,320.
Is this job common in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
It makes up 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.23 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 49-9052. Metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 35620). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.