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Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers salary in Houston, TX

The median electrical power-line installers and repairers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $82,710 a year, 13% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,585 a month.

10th percentile
$48,730
25th percentile
$62,340
Median percentile
$82,710
75th percentile
$101,960
90th percentile
$115,800

Based on 4,380 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$67,016 take-home a year
Gross pay$82,710
Federal income tax−$9,366
Social Security + Medicare−$6,327
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$5,585
Every two weeks$2,578

Does it go far here?

$83,860Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
26%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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