Electrical Lineworker
BLS OEWS, May 2025, national. The matching BLS detailed occupation is Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers (49-9051).
- BLS occupation title
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- SOC code
49-9051- National employment
- 131,070
- Median hourly wage
- $45.83
- Mean hourly wage
- $44.22
- Median annual wage
- $95,320
- Mean annual wage
- $91,970
- 10th percentile hourly wage
- $24.74
- 90th percentile hourly wage
- $61.87
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 national estimates, https://www.bls.gov/oes/. Record: 49-9051.
What these figures are
National estimates for one BLS occupation across all employers, not a rate for any one job and not a statement about any shift pattern. The median is the wage at which half the workers in the occupation are above and half below. Where BLS does not publish a value, the page says so and does not estimate it.
Shift hours
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