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Lineman salary in Youngstown, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Youngstown–Warren, OH area earn a median of $95,490 a year, or $45.91 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $112,580. Statewide, linemen earn a median of $93,150; Youngstown is 3% above it.

Median yearly pay$95,490
Bottom 10% under$61,820Top 10% over$112,580
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$29.72/hr
Jobs in this area
110
After cost of living
$109,260
Median hourly pay
$45.91/hr
vs U.S. median
0%
vs Ohio median
+3%
Mean (average) pay
$93,150 a year · $44.78 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49660, Youngstown-Warren, OH). 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 Youngstown, OH 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$29.72$61,820
25th percentile$37.96$78,960
Median (50th)$45.91$95,490
75th percentile$48.94$101,800
90th percentile$54.12$112,580

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

How Youngstown, OH compares

  • Youngstown ranks 4th of 10 Ohio metro areas for lineman pay.
  • Linemen are less concentrated in the Youngstown area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.80 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do linemen make more in Youngstown or Akron?
Akron pays more: the median is $95,490 in Youngstown and $96,340 in Akron, 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 49660 (Youngstown-Warren, OH). 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 (87.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures