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Lineman salary in Sierra Vista, AZ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Sierra Vista–Douglas, AZ area earn a median of $97,910 a year, or $47.07 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $118,830. Statewide, linemen earn a median of $75,420; Sierra Vista is 30% above it.

Median yearly pay$97,910
Bottom 10% under$62,320Top 10% over$118,830
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$29.96/hr
Jobs in this area
60
After cost of living
$109,710
Median hourly pay
$47.07/hr
vs U.S. median
+3%
vs Arizona median
+30%
Mean (average) pay
$90,970 a year · $43.74 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 43420, Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ). 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 Sierra Vista, AZ 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$29.96$62,320
25th percentile$36.05$74,970
Median (50th)$47.07$97,910
75th percentile$57.13$118,830
90th percentile$57.13$118,830

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

How Sierra Vista, AZ compares

  • Sierra Vista has the highest lineman median of the 5 Arizona metro areas with published pay.
  • Linemen are more concentrated in the Sierra Vista area than nationally: 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.1 times the U.S. share.

Other Arizona metro areas

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Questions

Do linemen make more in Sierra Vista or Lake Havasu City?
Sierra Vista pays more: the median is $97,910 in Sierra Vista and $94,480 in Lake Havasu City, a 4% 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 43420 (Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ). 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 (89.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures