Do linemen make more in Lubbock or Houston?

Houston pays more: the median is $78,320 in Lubbock and $82,710 in Houston, a 5% difference.

Lineman salary in Lubbock, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Linemen in the Lubbock, TX area earn a median of $78,320 a year, or $37.65 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $103,320. Statewide, linemen earn a median of $78,940; Lubbock is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$78,320

Bottom 10% under$50,380Top 10% over$103,320

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $24.22/hr
Jobs in this area: 190
After cost of living: $85,770
Median hourly pay: $37.65/hr
vs U.S. median: −18%
vs Texas median: −1%
Mean (average) pay: $78,300 a year · $37.64 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31180, Lubbock, 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.

Pay by percentile

What linemen in Lubbock, TX 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	$24.22	$50,380
25th percentile	$28.65	$59,580
Median (50th)	$37.65	$78,320
75th percentile	$48.04	$99,930
90th percentile	$49.67	$103,320

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

How Lubbock, TX compares

Lubbock ranks 9th of 19 Texas metro areas for lineman pay.
Linemen are more concentrated in the Lubbock area than nationally: 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

Do linemen make more in Lubbock or Houston?: Houston pays more: the median is $78,320 in Lubbock and $82,710 in Houston, 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 31180 (Lubbock, 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 (91.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures