Lineman salary in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Linemen in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD area earn a median of $102,340 a year, or $49.20 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $115,010. Statewide, linemen earn a median of $100,200; Sioux City is 2% above it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $37.93/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 90
- After cost of living
- $118,380
- Median hourly pay
- $49.20/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +7%
- vs Iowa median
- +2%
- Mean (average) pay
- $99,010 a year · $47.60 an hour
Pay by percentile
What linemen in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 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 | $37.93 | $78,900 |
| 25th percentile | $46.46 | $96,630 |
| Median (50th) | $49.20 | $102,340 |
| 75th percentile | $51.17 | $106,440 |
| 90th percentile | $55.29 | $115,010 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Sioux City, IA-NE-SD compares
- Sioux City ranks 4th of 8 Iowa metro areas for lineman pay.
- Linemen are more concentrated in the Sioux City area than nationally: 1.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
Other Iowa metro areas
Other trades in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
Questions
- Do linemen make more in Sioux City or Cedar Rapids?
- Cedar Rapids pays more: the median is $102,340 in Sioux City and $103,080 in Cedar Rapids, a 1% 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 43580 (Sioux City, IA-NE-SD). 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 (86.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures