Lineman salary in Ocala, FL
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Linemen in the Ocala, FL area earn a median of $83,330 a year, or $40.06 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $109,110. That's 4% less than the Florida median of $86,870.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $22.71/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 100
- After cost of living
- $87,500
- Median hourly pay
- $40.06/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −13%
- vs Florida median
- −4%
- Mean (average) pay
- $81,500 a year · $39.19 an hour
Pay by percentile
What linemen in Ocala, FL 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 | $22.71 | $47,230 |
| 25th percentile | $28.07 | $58,390 |
| Median (50th) | $40.06 | $83,330 |
| 75th percentile | $51.36 | $106,820 |
| 90th percentile | $52.46 | $109,110 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Ocala, FL compares
- Ocala ranks 10th of 17 Florida metro areas for lineman pay.
- Linemen hold about the same share of jobs in the Ocala area as nationally: 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Florida metro areas
Other trades in Ocala, FL
Questions
- Do linemen make more in Ocala or Miami?
- Miami pays more: the median is $83,330 in Ocala and $96,240 in Miami, a 13% 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 36100 (Ocala, FL). 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 (95.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures