Do linemen make more in Daphne or Birmingham?

Birmingham pays more: the median is $96,510 in Daphne and $102,470 in Birmingham, a 6% difference.

Lineman salary in Daphne, AL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley, AL area earn a median of $96,510 a year, or $46.40 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $102,710. Statewide, linemen earn a median of $92,030; Daphne is 5% above it.

Median yearly pay$96,510

Bottom 10% under$47,100Top 10% over$102,710

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $22.64/hr
Jobs in this area: 190
After cost of living: $101,920
Median hourly pay: $46.40/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs Alabama median: +5%
Mean (average) pay: $84,750 a year · $40.75 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 19300, Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL). Excludes self-employed linemen. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What linemen in Daphne, AL earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$22.64	$47,100
25th percentile	$29.92	$62,240
Median (50th)	$46.40	$96,510
75th percentile	$49.38	$102,710
90th percentile	$49.38	$102,710

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Daphne, AL compares

Daphne ranks 5th of 12 Alabama metro areas for lineman pay.
Linemen are more concentrated in the Daphne area than nationally: 2.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.6 times the U.S. share.

Other Alabama metro areas

Other trades in Daphne, AL

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Questions

Do linemen make more in Daphne or Birmingham?: Birmingham pays more: the median is $96,510 in Daphne and $102,470 in Birmingham, a 6% difference.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 49-9051 (Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers), area code 19300 (Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed linemen and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (94.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures