Do linemen make more in Montgomery or Birmingham?

Birmingham pays more: the median is $99,800 in Montgomery and $102,470 in Birmingham, a 3% difference.

Lineman salary in Montgomery, AL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Montgomery, AL area earn a median of $99,800 a year, or $47.98 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $102,710. Statewide, linemen earn a median of $92,030; Montgomery is 8% above it.

Median yearly pay$99,800

Bottom 10% under$44,150Top 10% over$102,710

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.23/hr
Jobs in this area: 140
After cost of living: $111,280
Median hourly pay: $47.98/hr
vs U.S. median: +5%
vs Alabama median: +8%
Mean (average) pay: $86,760 a year · $41.71 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 33860, Montgomery, 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 Montgomery, 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	$21.23	$44,150
25th percentile	$37.53	$78,060
Median (50th)	$47.98	$99,800
75th percentile	$49.15	$102,220
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 Montgomery, AL compares

Montgomery ranks 3rd of 12 Alabama metro areas for lineman pay.
Linemen hold about the same share of jobs in the Montgomery area as nationally: 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Alabama metro areas

Other trades in Montgomery, AL

Electrician HVAC technician Welder Plumber Diesel mechanic Carpenter Heavy equipment operator Auto mechanic

Questions

Do linemen make more in Montgomery or Birmingham?: Birmingham pays more: the median is $99,800 in Montgomery and $102,470 in Birmingham, a 3% 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 33860 (Montgomery, 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 (89.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures