What are the main factors that influence a Linemen's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Linemen?

The Energy & Utilities industry offers the highest average compensation for Linemen roles, with salaries approximately 30% above the market median.

How does experience change A Linemen's salary?

A Linemen's salary grows with experience: a Lineman Apprentice (0-1 years)earns $62,547, a Linemen (1-3 years)earns $87,409, a Lineman, Senior (3-5 years)earns $106,930,

What are the highest paying states for a Linemen?

Linemen salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Linemen roles are District of Columbia $99,860, California $99,481, Massachusetts $98,155. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Linemen roles make?

Salaries for Linemen level roles vary by specialization: Aerial linemen: $88,080.

Linemen Salary in Maine

How much does a Linemen make in Maine?

As of October 01, 2026, the average salary for a Linemen in Maine is $87,936 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $42.

However, a Linemen's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $101,650
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $77,564 to $95,114
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $68,121

10% $68,121

50% (Median) $87,936

90% $101,650

Linemen Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$95,114	$7,926	$1,829	$46
Average	$87,936	$7,328	$1,691	$42
25th Percentile	$77,564	$6,464	$1,492	$37

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Key Factors That Influence Linemen Salaries

A Linemen's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Linemen Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Linemens. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $99,860.
California: $99,481.
Massachusetts: $98,155.

District of Columbia $99,860 California $99,481 Massachusetts $98,155 Washington $97,794 New Jersey $97,758 Alaska $97,632 Connecticut $96,387 New York $95,882

Hawaii $94,268 Rhode Island $93,510 Maryland $92,996 Minnesota $92,293 Colorado $92,022 Illinois $91,932 Oregon $91,589 Delaware $91,337

New Hampshire $91,178 Virginia $90,823 Pennsylvania $89,785 Nevada $89,262 North Dakota $89,091 Michigan $88,820 Wisconsin $88,721 Vermont $88,523

Texas $87,972 Maine $87,936 Arizona $87,882 Ohio $87,819 Georgia $86,989 Indiana $86,575 Wyoming $86,493 Utah $86,367

Iowa $86,313 Kansas $85,880 Louisiana $85,754 North Carolina $85,709 Missouri $85,691 Florida $85,339 Montana $85,150 Nebraska $84,969

Kentucky $84,870 South Carolina $84,509 Tennessee $84,284 Idaho $84,193 New Mexico $83,535 Oklahoma $83,391 Alabama $82,859 South Dakota $81,966

Arkansas $81,479 West Virginia $81,217 Mississippi $80,433

Top Paying Cities for Linemens

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $86,544
Harmony: $86,506
Hartland: $86,619

Freedom, ME $86,544

Harmony, ME $86,506

Hartland, ME $86,619

Hinckley, ME $86,701

Jackman, ME $86,281

Kingfield, ME $86,773

Liberty, ME $86,703

Madison, ME $86,888

Monroe, ME $86,419

Morrill, ME $86,568

Newport, ME $86,430

New Portland, ME $86,907

New Sharon, ME $86,802

New Vineyard, ME $86,855

Norridgewock, ME $86,857

North Anson, ME $86,908

North Vassalboro, ME $87,064

Oakland, ME $86,886

Oquossoc, ME $86,595

Palmyra, ME $86,485

Phillips, ME $86,630

Pittsfield, ME $86,626

Plymouth, ME $86,441

Rangeley, ME $86,651

Portland, ME $90,786

Falmouth, ME $90,581

South Portland, ME $90,786

Cape Elizabeth, ME $90,606

Peaks Island, ME $90,694

Cumberland Foreside, ME $90,492

Auburn, ME $88,865

Andover, ME $86,627

Bethel, ME $86,773

Bryant Pond, ME $87,096

Buckfield, ME $87,485

Canton, ME $86,936

Durham, ME $89,427

Danville, ME $89,133

Dixfield, ME $86,756

Dryden, ME $86,856

East Andover, ME $86,653

East Dixfield, ME $86,897

East Livermore, ME $87,410

East Poland, ME $88,971

Stoneham, ME $87,136

East Wilton, ME $87,059

Greene, ME $88,184

Hanover, ME $86,699

Hebron, ME $88,104

Jay, ME $86,915

Lewiston, ME $88,818

Lisbon, ME $89,099

Lisbon Falls, ME $88,962

Livermore, ME $87,266

Livermore Falls, ME $87,209

Greenwood, ME $87,211

Mechanic Falls, ME $88,706

Mexico, ME $86,841

Minot, ME $88,376

Monmouth, ME $87,904

New Gloucester, ME $89,487

Newry, ME $86,538

North Jay, ME $86,872

Leeds, ME $87,691

North Monmouth, ME $87,775

North Turner, ME $87,630

North Waterford, ME $87,540

Norway, ME $87,820

Oxford, ME $88,291

Paris, ME $87,994

Poland, ME $88,985

Roxbury, ME $86,567

Rumford, ME $86,790

Sabattus, ME $88,429

South Paris, ME $87,873

Turner, ME $87,876

Wayne, ME $87,476

Weld, ME $86,631

West Bethel, ME $86,704

Bowdoin, ME $88,417

West Minot, ME $88,248

West Paris, ME $87,523

Peru, ME $86,970

West Poland, ME $88,918

Sumner, ME $87,245

Wilton, ME $86,860

Augusta, ME $87,102

Coopers Mills, ME $87,220

Dresden, ME $87,937

East Winthrop, ME $87,373

Farmingdale, ME $87,614

Gardiner, ME $87,772

Randolph, ME $87,614

Hallowell, ME $87,504

Jefferson, ME $86,921

Kents Hill, ME $87,099

Litchfield, ME $88,032

Manchester, ME $87,271

Mount Vernon, ME $86,889

Whitefield, ME $87,270

Palermo, ME $86,777

Sebasco Estates, ME $89,342

Readfield, ME $87,246

Saint Albans, ME $86,552

South Bristol, ME $88,001

Squirrel Island, ME $88,294

Trevett, ME $88,356

Waldoboro, ME $86,904

Walpole, ME $87,861

Washington, ME $86,686

West Boothbay Harbor, ME $88,451

Southport, ME $88,647

Wiscasset, ME $88,200

Woolwich, ME $88,409

Ellsworth, ME $86,334

Addison, ME $86,228

Gouldsboro, ME $86,305

Bar Harbor, ME $86,468

Beals, ME $86,325

Bernard, ME $86,498

Birch Harbor, ME $86,388

Blue Hill, ME $86,426

Brooklin, ME $86,428

Brooksville, ME $86,426

Calais, ME $86,197

Cherryfield, ME $86,098

Columbia Falls, ME $86,094

Corea, ME $86,309

Cranberry Isles, ME $86,328

Cutler, ME $86,100

Deer Isle, ME $86,507

Dennysville, ME $86,019

East Blue Hill, ME $86,429

East Machias, ME $86,100

Eastport, ME $86,355

Franklin, ME $86,315

Frenchboro, ME $86,281

Grand Lake Stream, ME $85,967

Hancock, ME $86,443

Harborside, ME $86,410

Harrington, ME $86,286

Hulls Cove, ME $86,470

Isle Au Haut, ME $86,281

Islesford, ME $86,460

Jonesboro, ME $86,170

Jonesport, ME $86,249

Little Deer Isle, ME $86,496

Lubec, ME $86,143

Bass Harbor, ME $86,500

Machias, ME $86,187

Machiasport, ME $86,228

Meddybemps, ME $85,966

Milbridge, ME $86,320

Mount Desert, ME $86,403

Northeast Harbor, ME $86,460

Sullivan, ME $86,327

Pembroke, ME $86,099

Perry, ME $86,178

Princeton, ME $85,961

Prospect Harbor, ME $86,397

Robbinston, ME $86,081

Salsbury Cove, ME $86,480

Sargentville, ME $86,451

Seal Cove, ME $86,407

Seal Harbor, ME $86,436

Sedgwick, ME $86,441

Sorrento, ME $86,407

Southwest Harbor, ME $86,483

Steuben, ME $86,272

Stonington, ME $86,515

Sunset, ME $86,216

Surry, ME $86,425

Swans Island, ME $86,347

Wesley, ME $85,854

Whiting, ME $86,076

Winter Harbor, ME $86,322

Baileyville, ME $86,050

Houlton, ME $85,870

Ashland, ME $85,746

Benedicta, ME $85,556

Blaine, ME $85,848

Bridgewater, ME $85,646

Caribou, ME $86,025

Clayton Lake, ME $85,869

Crouseville, ME $85,925

Eagle Lake, ME $85,842

Easton, ME $85,938

Estcourt Station, ME $85,904

Fort Fairfield, ME $85,982

Fort Kent, ME $86,020

Fort Kent Mills, ME $85,947

Frenchville, ME $86,044

Grand Isle, ME $85,926

Island Falls, ME $85,565

Limestone, ME $85,958

Madawaska, ME $86,188

Mapleton, ME $85,822

Richmond, ME $88,081

South China, ME $86,864

South Gardiner, ME $87,879

Vienna, ME $86,732

Windsor, ME $86,815

Winthrop, ME $87,619

Bangor, ME $86,394

Abbot, ME $86,409

Aurora, ME $85,940

Bradford, ME $86,354

Bradley, ME $86,357

Brewer, ME $86,390

Brookton, ME $85,649

Brownville, ME $86,106

Brownville Junction, ME $86,638

Bucksport, ME $86,383

Burlington, ME $86,075

Greenbush, ME $86,273

Carmel, ME $86,397

Castine, ME $86,576

Charleston, ME $86,371

Danforth, ME $85,792

Dover Foxcroft, ME $86,420

Corinth, ME $86,386

Eddington, ME $86,366

Holden, ME $86,373

East Millinocket, ME $86,013

East Orland, ME $86,374

Etna, ME $86,416

Exeter, ME $86,401

Frankfort, ME $86,399

Greenville, ME $85,901

Greenville Junction, ME $86,182

Guilford, ME $86,386

Hampden, ME $86,395

Howland, ME $86,189

Hudson, ME $86,380

Kenduskeag, ME $86,389

Kingman, ME $85,701

Lagrange, ME $86,290

Lambert Lake, ME $85,802

Lee, ME $86,055

Levant, ME $86,393

Lincoln, ME $86,049

Mattawamkeag, ME $85,768

Medway, ME $85,791

Milford, ME $86,344

Millinocket, ME $85,662

Milo, ME $86,269

Monson, ME $86,400

Olamon, ME $86,298

Old Town, ME $86,357

Orono, ME $86,381

Orient, ME $85,709

Orland, ME $86,375

Orrington, ME $86,385

Passadumkeag, ME $86,248

Penobscot, ME $86,377

Rockwood, ME $86,033

Sangerville, ME $86,461

Sebec, ME $86,323

Shirley Mills, ME $86,347

Springfield, ME $85,830

Stetson, ME $86,407

Stillwater, ME $86,383

Topsfield, ME $85,722

Vanceboro, ME $85,796

Waite, ME $85,840

West Enfield, ME $86,227

Winn, ME $85,884

Winterport, ME $86,395

Wytopitlock, ME $85,581

Bath, ME $89,021

Alna, ME $87,604

Boothbay, ME $88,199

Boothbay Harbor, ME $88,398

Bristol, ME $87,666

Chamberlain, ME $87,816

Damariscotta, ME $87,611

East Boothbay, ME $88,263

Friendship, ME $87,103

Georgetown, ME $88,909

Isle Of Springs, ME $88,202

Bremen, ME $87,423

Newcastle, ME $87,647

New Harbor, ME $87,954

Nobleboro, ME $87,299

Edgecomb, ME $87,945

Pemaquid, ME $87,869

Phippsburg, ME $89,267

Cushing, ME $86,818

Round Pond, ME $87,650

Sandy Point, ME $86,392

Searsmont, ME $86,598

Searsport, ME $86,407

Shawmut, ME $86,969

Skowhegan, ME $86,778

Smithfield, ME $86,824

Solon, ME $86,778

Stockton Springs, ME $86,392

Stratton, ME $86,706

Strong, ME $86,781

Temple, ME $86,748

West Forks, ME $86,247

Thorndike, ME $86,482

Troy, ME $86,456

Unity, ME $86,565

Vassalboro, ME $86,831

West Farmington, ME $87,083

Berwick, ME $92,294

Cape Neddick, ME $92,998

Eliot, ME $94,230

Kittery, ME $94,503

Kittery Point, ME $93,793

North Berwick, ME $91,583

Ogunquit, ME $92,414

South Berwick, ME $93,224

York, ME $93,756

York Beach, ME $93,307

York Harbor, ME $93,781

Acton, ME $88,969

Alfred, ME $90,230

Bailey Island, ME $89,861

Bar Mills, ME $90,086

Biddeford, ME $90,115

Biddeford Pool, ME $90,116

Bowdoinham, ME $88,355

Bridgton, ME $88,204

Brownfield, ME $88,127

Brunswick, ME $89,398

Bustins Island, ME $90,030

Cape Porpoise, ME $90,519

Casco, ME $89,253

Center Lovell, ME $87,553

Chebeague Island, ME $90,227

Cliff Island, ME $90,424

Cornish, ME $89,142

Cumberland Center, ME $90,321

Denmark, ME $88,113

East Baldwin, ME $89,370

Lebanon, ME $90,858

East Parsonsfield, ME $88,672

Sebago, ME $89,141

East Waterboro, ME $89,821

Freeport, ME $89,866

Fryeburg, ME $87,671

Gorham, ME $90,242

Gray, ME $89,692

Harrison, ME $87,721

Hiram, ME $88,865

Hollis Center, ME $89,932

Kennebunk, ME $90,587

Kennebunkport, ME $90,244

Parsonsfield, ME $88,670

Limerick, ME $89,491

Limington, ME $89,468

Long Island, ME $90,577

Lovell, ME $87,428

Moody, ME $91,700

Naples, ME $88,883

Newfield, ME $89,345

North Bridgton, ME $88,249

North Waterboro, ME $89,664

Windham, ME $90,152

Ocean Park, ME $90,186

Old Orchard Beach, ME $90,246

Orrs Island, ME $89,784

Porter, ME $88,371

Pownal, ME $89,726

Scarborough, ME $90,550

Raymond, ME $89,536

Saco, ME $90,191

Sanford, ME $90,650

Sebago Lake, ME $89,467

Shapleigh, ME $89,810

South Casco, ME $89,588

South Freeport, ME $89,821

Harpswell, ME $89,767

South Windham, ME $90,319

Springvale, ME $90,123

Standish, ME $89,841

Steep Falls, ME $89,648

Topsham, ME $89,092

Waterboro, ME $89,987

Waterford, ME $87,625

Wells, ME $91,522

West Baldwin, ME $89,211

Westbrook, ME $90,575

Buxton, ME $90,091

West Kennebunk, ME $90,540

West Newfield, ME $88,907

Yarmouth, ME $90,237

North Yarmouth, ME $90,049

Mars Hill, ME $85,933

Monticello, ME $85,760

New Limerick, ME $85,816

New Sweden, ME $85,931

Oakfield, ME $85,727

Oxbow, ME $85,378

Patten, ME $85,433

Perham, ME $85,872

Portage, ME $85,827

Presque Isle, ME $86,046

Saint Agatha, ME $86,004

Saint David, ME $85,986

Saint Francis, ME $85,870

Sheridan, ME $85,769

Sherman, ME $85,641

Stacyville, ME $85,535

Sinclair, ME $85,843

Smyrna Mills, ME $85,587

Wallagrass, ME $85,939

Stockholm, ME $85,856

Van Buren, ME $85,962

Washburn, ME $85,929

Westfield, ME $85,811

Rockland, ME $86,770

Camden, ME $86,762

Glen Cove, ME $86,733

Hope, ME $86,730

Islesboro, ME $86,507

Lincolnville, ME $86,578

Lincolnville Center, ME $86,581

Matinicus, ME $86,435

Monhegan, ME $87,357

North Haven, ME $86,494

Owls Head, ME $86,612

Port Clyde, ME $87,097

Rockport, ME $86,741

South Thomaston, ME $86,613

Spruce Head, ME $86,664

Tenants Harbor, ME $86,915

Thomaston, ME $86,676

Union, ME $86,725

Vinalhaven, ME $86,494

Warren, ME $86,634

West Rockport, ME $86,751

Waterville, ME $86,943

Albion, ME $86,805

Anson, ME $86,864

Athens, ME $86,622

Belfast, ME $86,579

Belgrade, ME $86,777

Belgrade Lakes, ME $86,688

Bingham, ME $86,614

Brooks, ME $86,437

Burnham, ME $86,522

Cambridge, ME $86,503

Canaan, ME $86,647

Caratunk, ME $86,450

China Village, ME $87,042

Clinton, ME $86,676

Corinna, ME $86,437

Detroit, ME $86,465

Dexter, ME $86,551

Dixmont, ME $86,425

East Newport, ME $86,434

East Vassalboro, ME $86,882

Eustis, ME $86,356

Fairfield, ME $86,823

Farmington, ME $86,893

Garland, ME $86,391

Farmington Falls, ME $87,034

Linemen Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Linemen roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 50% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Energy & Utilities and Business Services sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 30% above the average. In contrast, Linemen positions in Telecom or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Linemen as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Linemen

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Energy & Utilities	$114,317	$55.0	30%
Business Services	$105,524	$51.0	20%

Linemen Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Linemen's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$77,564

Average $87,936/year

$95,114

$6,464

Average $7,328/month

$7,926

$1,492

Average $1,691/week

$1,829

$37

Average $42/hour

$46

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$95,114	$7,926	$1,829	$46
Average	$87,936	$7,328	$1,691	$42
25th Percentile	$77,564	$6,464	$1,492	$37

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