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Lineman salary in Colorado Springs, CO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Colorado Springs, CO area earn a median of $106,860 a year, or $51.37 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $131,360. Across all of Colorado, the median is $103,980, so Colorado Springs pays 3% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$106,860
Bottom 10% under$48,370Top 10% over$131,360
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$23.26/hr
Jobs in this area
180
After cost of living
$106,110
Median hourly pay
$51.37/hr
vs U.S. median
+12%
vs Colorado median
+3%
Mean (average) pay
$96,160 a year · $46.23 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17820, Colorado Springs, CO). 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 Colorado Springs, CO 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$23.26$48,370
25th percentile$29.59$61,540
Median (50th)$51.37$106,860
75th percentile$63.15$131,360
90th percentile$63.15$131,360

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

How Colorado Springs, CO compares

  • Colorado Springs ranks 5th of 7 Colorado metro areas for lineman pay.
  • Linemen are less concentrated in the Colorado Springs area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.69 times the U.S. share.

Other Colorado metro areas

Other trades in Colorado Springs, CO

Questions

Do linemen make more in Colorado Springs or Grand Junction?
Grand Junction pays more: the median is $106,860 in Colorado Springs and $116,570 in Grand Junction, a 8% 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 17820 (Colorado Springs, CO). 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 (100.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures