How much do linemen make an hour in Beaumont, TX?

The median hourly wage is $38.70. The middle half earn between $30.47 and $47.14 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice linemen make in Beaumont, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.93 an hour ($51,850 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.47.

How much does a journeyman lineman make in Beaumont, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $80,500 a year ($38.70 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $98,050–$100,940.

Do linemen make more in Beaumont or Houston?

Houston pays more: the median is $80,500 in Beaumont and $82,710 in Houston, a 3% difference.

How does Beaumont pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Beaumont median of $80,500 is 2% more than the Texas median of $78,940.

Lineman salary in Beaumont, TX

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Beaumont–Port Arthur, TX area earn a median of $80,500 a year, or $38.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $100,940. Across all of Texas, the median is $78,940, so Beaumont pays 2% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$80,500

Bottom 10% under$51,850Top 10% over$100,940

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $24.93/hr
Jobs in this area: 320
After cost of living: $89,400
Median hourly pay: $38.70/hr
vs U.S. median: −16%
vs Texas median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 13140, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX). 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	$51,850–$63,380$24.93–$30.47/hr
Journeyman	$80,500$38.70/hr
Top earners	$98,050–$100,940$47.14–$48.53/hr

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

How Beaumont, TX compares

Beaumont ranks 5th of 19 Texas metro areas for lineman pay.
Linemen are more concentrated in the Beaumont area than nationally: 2.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.3 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $100,940, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $51,850: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Texas metro areas

Other trades in Beaumont, TX

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Questions

How much do linemen make in Beaumont, TX?: Linemen in the Beaumont–Port Arthur, TX area earn a median of $80,500 a year, or $38.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $100,940.
How much do linemen make an hour in Beaumont, TX?: The median hourly wage is $38.70. The middle half earn between $30.47 and $47.14 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice linemen make in Beaumont, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.93 an hour ($51,850 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $30.47.
How much does a journeyman lineman make in Beaumont, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $80,500 a year ($38.70 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $98,050–$100,940.
Do linemen make more in Beaumont or Houston?: Houston pays more: the median is $80,500 in Beaumont and $82,710 in Houston, a 3% difference.
How does Beaumont pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Beaumont median of $80,500 is 2% more than the Texas median of $78,940.

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 13140 (Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX). 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 (90.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures