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Map of New Mexico showing 4 metro areas with skilled trade pay data
New Mexico: 4 metros with trade pay data

Telecom Line Installer pay in New Mexico

Statewide and by city · BLS, May 2025

$58,130statewide median a year
$27.95median an hour
#44of 50 states + DC
350telecom line installers employed statewide

Statewide pay Government data

Telecom line installers in New Mexico earn a statewide median of $58,130 a year, 12% below the typical U.S. metro, ranking #44 of 50 states and DC. About 350 people work in the trade statewide.

Statewide pay range

$40,280Entry · 10th$48,45025th$58,130Median$72,98075th$78,330Top · 90th

States ranked near New Mexico

Indiana$58,920
Georgia$58,760
Arizona$58,600
New Mexico$58,130
North Carolina$56,680
Idaho$56,340
Nebraska$50,070

See all states on the telecom line installer overview.

Pay by city Government data

BLS publishes telecom line installer pay for 1 New Mexico metro: Albuquerque.

MetroMedian payReal payJobs
AlbuquerqueNEW MEXICO · NM$61,300$64,158110

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

Pay outside the cities Government data

BLS also reports pay for New Mexico's rural (nonmetropolitan) regions.

Eastern New Mexico$58,050

BLS OEWS nonmetropolitan areas, May 2025.

The job (national)

Blueprint-style drawing of an electrical panel feeding branch circuits, illustrating telecom line installer work in New Mexico
Telecom Line Installer pay in New Mexico: $58,130 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 New Mexico Official source

The main state licensing office in New Mexico is the New Mexico Construction Industries Division. It can point you to the right license for telecom line installers.

Official New Mexico licensing site ↗

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

Union membership

In 2025, 6.1% of wage and salary workers in New Mexico were union members, below the U.S. rate of about 10% (#33 of 51 states and D.C.), and 7.9% 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 New Mexico

AlbuquerqueNEW MEXICO · NM+0.8%population since 2020 · 4.0% unemployment

All trades in New Mexico.

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