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Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers pay in Delaware and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers is $93,850 per year in Delaware. It is $103,810 per year in Rhode Island. Delaware is 9.6% 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 310 wage and salary jobs in Delaware 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