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Map of Delaware showing 1 metro area with skilled trade pay data
Delaware: 1 metro with trade pay data

Telecom Line Installer pay in Delaware

Statewide and by city · BLS, May 2025

$93,850statewide median a year
$45.12median an hour
#9of 50 states + DC
310telecom line installers employed statewide

Statewide pay Government data

Telecom line installers in Delaware earn a statewide median of $93,850 a year, 42% above the typical U.S. metro, ranking #9 of 50 states and DC. About 310 people work in the trade statewide.

Statewide pay range

$38,370Entry · 10th$60,61025th$93,850Median$98,14075th$98,580Top · 90th

States ranked near Delaware

Washington, DC$97,600
Alaska$97,450
Connecticut$97,140
Delaware$93,850
Maine$92,120
West Virginia$89,690
New Hampshire$86,370

See all states on the telecom line installer overview.

Pay by city Government data

BLS publishes telecom line installer pay for 1 Delaware metro: Dover.

MetroMedian payReal payJobs
DoverDELAWARE · DE$90,720$93,03940

Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (metro-level). Real pay: BEA price parities, 2024. How we calculate

The job (national)

Blueprint-style drawing of an electrical panel feeding branch circuits, illustrating telecom line installer work in Delaware
Telecom Line Installer pay in Delaware: $93,850 statewide median, BLS May 2025.

Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 3.4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,000 openings a year. Typical training: long-term on-the-job training.

Nationally, telecom line installers have 379 injuries or illnesses serious enough to miss work per 10,000 full-time workers, 4.4× the rate for all jobs (87). The most common cause is overexertion and repetitive strain.

What the work is like Government data

How often telecom line installers deal with each condition, from surveys of workers in the job.

Outdoors, in all kinds of weatherVery often
Indoors with heating and air conditioningSometimes
Very hot or cold conditionsVery often
Working at heightsSometimes
Climbing ladders, scaffolds or polesSometimes
Cramped spaces and awkward positionsOften
Loud noiseOften
Hazardous conditionsOccasionally
Standing, bending, kneeling and walkingOften
SittingOccasionally

Getting started usually takes some preparation (high school plus months of training).

O*NET 31.0 Work Context and Job Zones (U.S. Department of Labor), national.

Licensing in Delaware Official source

The main state licensing office in Delaware is the Delaware Division of Professional Regulation. The state licenses electricians and plumbers; general contractors need a business license. It can point you to the right license for telecom line installers.

Official Delaware licensing site ↗

Requirements for telecom line installers vary by state and sometimes by city; always confirm with the official agency.

Union membership

In 2025, 10.4% of wage and salary workers in Delaware were union members, close to the U.S. rate of about 10% (#21 of 51 states and D.C.), and 11.5% were covered by a union contract. These figures cover all jobs in the state, not only telecom line installers.

BLS Union Members, 2025 (Current Population Survey), table 5.

Cities in Delaware

DoverDELAWARE · DE+6.8%population since 2020 · 5.3% unemployment

All trades in Delaware.

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