Do linemen make more in Topeka or Manhattan?

Topeka pays more: the median is $108,720 in Topeka and $103,540 in Manhattan, a 5% difference.

Lineman salary in Topeka, KS

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Topeka, KS area earn a median of $108,720 a year, or $52.27 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $112,030. Across all of Kansas, the median is $101,620, so Topeka pays 7% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$108,720

Bottom 10% under$64,520Top 10% over$112,030

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $31.02/hr
Jobs in this area: 300
After cost of living: $122,400
Median hourly pay: $52.27/hr
vs U.S. median: +14%
vs Kansas median: +7%
Mean (average) pay: $98,160 a year · $47.19 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 45820, Topeka, KS). 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 Topeka, KS 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	$31.02	$64,520
25th percentile	$41.37	$86,050
Median (50th)	$52.27	$108,720
75th percentile	$53.86	$112,030
90th percentile	$53.86	$112,030

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

How Topeka, KS compares

Topeka ranks 2nd of 7 Kansas metro areas for lineman pay.
Linemen are more concentrated in the Topeka area than nationally: 2.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 3.1 times the U.S. share.

Other Kansas metro areas

Other trades in Topeka, KS

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Questions

Do linemen make more in Topeka or Manhattan?: Topeka pays more: the median is $108,720 in Topeka and $103,540 in Manhattan, a 5% 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 45820 (Topeka, KS). 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 (88.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures