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Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers pay in Hawaii and West Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers is $134,340 per year in Hawaii. It is $83,810 per year in West Virginia. Hawaii is 60.3% above West Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9051 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 600 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 1,260 in West Virginia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings