How much do linemen make an hour in Medford, OR?

The median hourly wage is $61.56. The middle half earn between $45.13 and $61.56 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice linemen make in Medford, OR?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $29.00 an hour ($60,320 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $45.13.

How much does a journeyman lineman make in Medford, OR?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $128,030 a year ($61.56 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $128,030–$148,420.

Do linemen make more in Medford or Eugene?

Eugene pays more: the median is $128,030 in Medford and $140,270 in Eugene, a 9% difference.

How does Medford pay compare with the rest of Oregon?

The Medford median of $128,030 is 2% less than the Oregon median of $131,090.

Lineman salary in Medford, OR

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Medford, OR area earn a median of $128,030 a year, or $61.56 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $148,420. Across all of Oregon, the median is $131,090, so Medford pays 2% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$128,030

Bottom 10% under$60,320Top 10% over$148,420

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $29.00/hr
Jobs in this area: 50
After cost of living: $126,220
Median hourly pay: $61.56/hr
vs U.S. median: +34%
vs Oregon median: −2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 32780, Medford, OR). 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.

Apprentice and journeyman lineman pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$60,320–$93,880$29.00–$45.13/hr
Journeyman	$128,030$61.56/hr
Top earners	$128,030–$148,420$61.56–$71.36/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Medford, OR compares

Medford has the lowest lineman median of the 6 Oregon metro areas with published pay.
Linemen are less concentrated in the Medford area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.66 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $148,420, is 2.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $60,320: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Oregon metro areas

Other trades in Medford, OR

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Questions

How much do linemen make in Medford, OR?: Linemen in the Medford, OR area earn a median of $128,030 a year, or $61.56 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $148,420.
How much do linemen make an hour in Medford, OR?: The median hourly wage is $61.56. The middle half earn between $45.13 and $61.56 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice linemen make in Medford, OR?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $29.00 an hour ($60,320 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $45.13.
How much does a journeyman lineman make in Medford, OR?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $128,030 a year ($61.56 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $128,030–$148,420.
Do linemen make more in Medford or Eugene?: Eugene pays more: the median is $128,030 in Medford and $140,270 in Eugene, a 9% difference.
How does Medford pay compare with the rest of Oregon?: The Medford median of $128,030 is 2% less than the Oregon median of $131,090.

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 32780 (Medford, OR). 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 (101.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures