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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers pay in Alaska and Colorado
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers is $95,850 per year in Alaska. It is $76,410 per year in Colorado. Alaska is 25.4% above Colorado on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2022 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 520 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 3,180 in Colorado. 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