Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Salary — Lansing, Michigan

The average Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Lansing, Michigan earns $67,670 a year.

$67,670 / year, mean
↓ 10.7% below national average 33th percentile in Michigan

Lansing pays below most of Michigan for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for telecommunications line installers and repairers, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
160
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.7%
Cost of living 95 #103 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $250,377 #136 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $70,886 #101 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Lansing ranks #103 for cost of living and #136 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $105,730 El Centro $103,190 San Francisco $100,130 Trenton $99,950 Chico $99,100 Salinas $97,160 San Luis Obispo $95,700 New York $95,000 Merced $94,510 Santa Rosa $94,490 Stockton $93,420 Modesto $93,150 Vallejo $90,990 Atlantic City $90,380 Los Angeles $90,030 Sacramento $89,810 Oxnard $89,740 Watertown $89,250 San Diego $88,560 Glens Falls $88,300 Bakersfield $87,650 Fresno $86,460 State College $85,740 Lynchburg $85,060 Riverside $85,000 Roanoke $84,720 Beckley $84,220 Wheeling $84,190 Philadelphia $84,160 Staunton $83,280 Santa Maria $83,040 Buffalo $82,300 Olympia $81,850 Odessa $81,520 Pittsburgh $81,430 Albany $81,370 Elmira $80,950 Allentown $80,940 Midland $80,920 Dover $80,200 Baltimore $80,040 Dallas $79,290 Corpus Christi $79,070 Huntington $78,740 Utica $78,690 Lebanon $78,420 Kingston $78,310 Rochester $77,920 Seattle $77,400 Reading $77,350 Redding $77,240 Austin $76,910 Wichita Falls $76,810 Longview $76,720 Syracuse $76,720 Scranton $76,550 McAllen $76,200 Chicago $75,990 Salisbury $75,550 Houston $75,540 San Antonio $75,130 Traverse City $75,050 Visalia $75,050 Kennewick $74,400 Morgantown $74,260 Yakima $74,220 Flint $74,100 Richmond $74,100 Detroit $73,960 Williamsport $73,910 Harrisburg $72,890 Ann Arbor $72,820 Kalamazoo $72,280 Laredo $72,140 Binghamton $71,880 Peoria $71,860 Killeen $71,450 Lexington Park $70,370 Louisville $69,840 Tyler $69,670 Monroe $69,460 Amarillo $69,190 Champaign $68,840 Texarkana $68,550 Virginia Beach $68,420 Portland $68,370 Lansing $67,670 Beaumont $66,930 Lakeland $66,930 Altoona $66,910 Corvallis $66,130 York $65,820 Blacksburg $65,750 Lexington $65,370 Tampa $65,230 Paducah $65,200 Miami $64,280 Grand Rapids $63,480 Fort Myers $63,160 Elizabethtown $63,050 South Bend $62,880 Palm Bay $62,850 Bloomington $62,560 Eugene $62,450 Fort Wayne $62,300 Salem $61,930 Port St. Lucie $61,780 Panama City $61,530 Gainesville $60,900 Orlando $60,710 Sarasota $60,690 Indianapolis $60,470 Crestview $59,870 Lubbock $59,750 Bay City $59,330 Bloomington $58,310 Lafayette $57,640 Terre Haute $57,640 Elkhart $56,180 Bend $56,120 Naples $55,020 Pensacola $54,900 Sebastian $54,240 Tallahassee $53,480 Jacksonville $52,540 Rockford $45,660
CityMean salaryvs. Lansing
Albany, New York$81,370+20.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$80,940+19.6%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$66,910-1.1%
Amarillo, Texas$69,190+2.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$72,820+7.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$90,380+33.6%
Austin, Texas$76,910+13.7%
Bakersfield, California$87,650+29.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$80,040+18.3%
Bay City, Michigan$59,330-12.3%
Beaumont, Texas$66,930-1.1%
Beckley, West Virginia$84,220+24.5%
Bend, Oregon$56,120-17.1%
Binghamton, New York$71,880+6.2%
Blacksburg, Virginia$65,750-2.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$58,310-13.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$62,560-7.6%
Buffalo, New York$82,300+21.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$63,160-6.7%
Champaign, Illinois$68,840+1.7%
Chicago, Illinois$75,990+12.3%
Chico, California$99,100+46.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$79,070+16.8%
Corvallis, Oregon$66,130-2.3%
Crestview, Florida$59,870-11.5%
Dallas, Texas$79,290+17.2%
Detroit, Michigan$73,960+9.3%
Dover, Delaware$80,200+18.5%
El Centro, California$103,190+52.5%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$63,050-6.8%
Elkhart, Indiana$56,180-17.0%
Elmira, New York$80,950+19.6%
Eugene, Oregon$62,450-7.7%
Flint, Michigan$74,100+9.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$62,300-7.9%
Fresno, California$86,460+27.8%
Gainesville, Florida$60,900-10.0%
Glens Falls, New York$88,300+30.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$63,480-6.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$72,890+7.7%
Houston, Texas$75,540+11.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$78,740+16.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana$60,470-10.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$52,540-22.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$72,280+6.8%
Kennewick, Washington$74,400+9.9%
Killeen, Texas$71,450+5.6%
Kingston, New York$78,310+15.7%
Lafayette, Indiana$57,640-14.8%
Lakeland, Florida$66,930-1.1%
Laredo, Texas$72,140+6.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$78,420+15.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$65,370-3.4%
Lexington Park, Maryland$70,370+4.0%
Longview, Texas$76,720+13.4%
Los Angeles, California$90,030+33.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$69,840+3.2%
Lubbock, Texas$59,750-11.7%
Lynchburg, Virginia$85,060+25.7%
McAllen, Texas$76,200+12.6%
Merced, California$94,510+39.7%
Miami, Florida$64,280-5.0%
Midland, Texas$80,920+19.6%
Modesto, California$93,150+37.7%
Monroe, Michigan$69,460+2.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$74,260+9.7%
Naples, Florida$55,020-18.7%
New York, New York$95,000+40.4%
Sarasota, Florida$60,690-10.3%
Odessa, Texas$81,520+20.5%
Olympia, Washington$81,850+21.0%
Orlando, Florida$60,710-10.3%
Oxnard, California$89,740+32.6%
Paducah, Kentucky$65,200-3.7%
Palm Bay, Florida$62,850-7.1%
Panama City, Florida$61,530-9.1%
Pensacola, Florida$54,900-18.9%
Peoria, Illinois$71,860+6.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$84,160+24.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$81,430+20.3%
Portland, Oregon$68,370+1.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$61,780-8.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$77,350+14.3%
Redding, California$77,240+14.1%
Richmond, Virginia$74,100+9.5%
Riverside, California$85,000+25.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$84,720+25.2%
Rochester, New York$77,920+15.1%
Rockford, Illinois$45,660-32.5%
Sacramento, California$89,810+32.7%
Salem, Oregon$61,930-8.5%
Salinas, California$97,160+43.6%
Salisbury, Maryland$75,550+11.6%
San Antonio, Texas$75,130+11.0%
San Diego, California$88,560+30.9%
San Francisco, California$100,130+48.0%
San Jose, California$105,730+56.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$95,700+41.4%
Santa Maria, California$83,040+22.7%
Santa Rosa, California$94,490+39.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$76,550+13.1%
Seattle, Washington$77,400+14.4%
Sebastian, Florida$54,240-19.8%
South Bend, Indiana$62,880-7.1%
State College, Pennsylvania$85,740+26.7%
Staunton, Virginia$83,280+23.1%
Stockton, California$93,420+38.1%
Syracuse, New York$76,720+13.4%
Tallahassee, Florida$53,480-21.0%
Tampa, Florida$65,230-3.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$57,640-14.8%
Texarkana, Texas$68,550+1.3%
Traverse City, Michigan$75,050+10.9%
Trenton, New Jersey$99,950+47.7%
Tyler, Texas$69,670+3.0%
Utica, New York$78,690+16.3%
Vallejo, California$90,990+34.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$68,420+1.1%
Visalia, California$75,050+10.9%
Watertown, New York$89,250+31.9%
Wheeling, West Virginia$84,190+24.4%
Wichita Falls, Texas$76,810+13.5%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$73,910+9.2%
Yakima, Washington$74,220+9.7%
York, Pennsylvania$65,820-2.7%
Gross salary
67,670/yr
Estimated take-home
53,188/yr
Est. total withheld
21.4%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 49-9052 SOC code
Official area Lansing-East Lansing, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 29620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
East Lansing
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
470,434