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Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers pay in Alabama and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers is $60,890 per year in Alabama. It is $103,810 per year in Rhode Island. Alabama is 41.3% below Rhode Island on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9052 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 1,530 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 490 in Rhode Island. 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