Do linemen make more in Tucson or Sierra Vista?

Sierra Vista pays more: the median is $80,530 in Tucson and $97,910 in Sierra Vista, a 18% difference.

Lineman salary in Tucson, AZ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Tucson, AZ area earn a median of $80,530 a year, or $38.72 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $113,810. That's 7% more than the Arizona median of $75,420.

Median yearly pay$80,530

Bottom 10% under$48,760Top 10% over$113,810

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $23.44/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $83,110
Median hourly pay: $38.72/hr
vs U.S. median: −16%
vs Arizona median: +7%
Mean (average) pay: $86,320 a year · $41.50 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 46060, Tucson, 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 Tucson, 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$23.44	$48,760
25th percentile	$31.49	$65,500
Median (50th)	$38.72	$80,530
75th percentile	$54.72	$113,810
90th percentile	$54.72	$113,810

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

How Tucson, AZ compares

Tucson ranks 4th of 5 Arizona metro areas for lineman pay.
Linemen are less concentrated in the Tucson area than nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.56 times the U.S. share.

Other Arizona metro areas

Other trades in Tucson, AZ

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Questions

Do linemen make more in Tucson or Sierra Vista?: Sierra Vista pays more: the median is $80,530 in Tucson and $97,910 in Sierra Vista, a 18% 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 46060 (Tucson, 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 (96.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures