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Best cities for telecom line installers

Rank every metro by what matters to you: pay, buying power, rent and job market

Best cities for telecom line installers, balanced Our calculation

With balanced priorities, Glens Falls, NY ranks first for telecom line installers: $107,210 median pay worth $113,012 after local prices. We ranked the 233 metros with enough published telecom line installer data on pay, buying power, rent burden, job market size and unemployment.

  1. 1
    Glens FallsNEW YORK · NY · $107,210 median · $113,012 buying power · rent 12% of pay · 30 jobs
    82
  2. 2
    PittsburghPENNSYLVANIA · PA · $91,500 median · $96,651 buying power · rent 15% of pay · 710 jobs
    82
  3. 3
    AnchorageALASKA · AK · $98,690 median · $93,616 buying power · rent 14% of pay · 260 jobs
    81
  4. 4
    MinotNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $85,620 median · $98,382 buying power · rent 12% of pay · 40 jobs
    80
  5. 5
    StauntonVIRGINIA · VA · $89,120 median · $97,797 buying power · rent 14% of pay · 50 jobs
    80
  6. 6
    ProvidenceRHODE ISLAND · RI · $103,810 median · $102,002 buying power · rent 18% of pay · 580 jobs
    79
  7. 7
    FairbanksALASKA · AK · $100,680 median · $97,551 buying power · rent 14% of pay · 60 jobs
    77
  8. 8
    LynchburgVIRGINIA · VA · $91,120 median · $101,966 buying power · rent 13% of pay · 40 jobs
    77
  9. 9
    PortlandMAINE · ME · $95,250 median · $93,513 buying power · rent 21% of pay · 230 jobs
    77
  10. 10
    RoanokeVIRGINIA · VA · $82,180 median · $87,782 buying power · rent 18% of pay · 330 jobs
    77
  11. 11
    LewistonMAINE · ME · $90,880 median · $95,930 buying power · rent 17% of pay · 70 jobs
    76
  12. 12
    SpringfieldMASSACHUSETTS · MA · $105,220 median · $109,535 buying power · rent 16% of pay · 130 jobs
    76
  13. 13
    AmarilloTEXAS · TX · $78,230 median · $85,199 buying power · rent 14% of pay · 90 jobs
    75
  14. 14
    WatertownNEW YORK · NY · $108,670 median · $123,925 buying power · rent 12% of pay · 30 jobs
    75
  15. 15
    OdessaTEXAS · TX · $92,750 median · $98,780 buying power · rent 16% of pay · 40 jobs
    75

Default weights: buying power 4, pay 3, rent 3, job market 2, unemployment 2. Change them below to re-rank.

Top 5 by each factor Government data

Highest pay

  1. Watertown, NY: $108,670
  2. Barnstable Town, MA: $107,380
  3. San Jose, CA: $107,310
  4. Glens Falls, NY: $107,210
  5. Springfield, MA: $105,220

Most buying power

  1. Watertown, NY: $123,925
  2. Glens Falls, NY: $113,012
  3. Springfield, MA: $109,535
  4. Barnstable Town, MA: $109,180
  5. Pittsfield, MA: $107,102

Lowest rent burden

  1. Beckley, WV: 10% of pay for a 1-bed
  2. Fort Smith, AR: 11% of pay for a 1-bed
  3. Wheeling, WV: 11% of pay for a 1-bed
  4. Glens Falls, NY: 12% of pay for a 1-bed
  5. Minot, ND: 12% of pay for a 1-bed

Most jobs

  1. New York, NY: 7,340 employed
  2. Dallas, TX: 3,030 employed
  3. Washington, DC: 2,860 employed
  4. Los Angeles, CA: 2,780 employed
  5. Atlanta, GA: 2,110 employed

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What matters to you? Our calculation

Pick a quick start or set your own weights. Each metro gets a percentile for every factor (compared with all metros for this trade), weighted by your sliders. Nothing is estimated: a metro needs at least 4 of the 5 figures published to be ranked, and results show when one is missing.

Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS May 2025. Buying power: BEA 2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. How we calculate

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