-$16K (51%) less than national average Wire Technician salary ($39K)
-$32K (82%) less than average AT&T salary ($55K)
"I feel that I am being under paid because of the hard work, danger that we face, and the time we spend getting jobs done. Its so much to learn in so little time."
-$4K (10%) less than national average Wire Technician salary ($39K)
-$20K (44%) less than average AT&T salary ($55K)
"The pay is low compared to most techs in the business. The amount of work we have to performed we are underpaid. When I first got the jobs another department was doing the same job for more pay then we picked it up and where paid less."
+$11K (24%) more than national average Wire Technician salary ($39K)
-$5K (9%) less than average AT&T salary ($55K)
"I am paid more for college, and experience in telecommunications."
+$16K (34%) more than national average Wire Technician salary ($39K)
Equal to average AT&T salary ($55K)
"I started as a trainee making about $13 an hour, and now make $25 an hour."
+$21K (42%) more than national average Wire Technician salary ($39K)
+$5K (8%) more than average AT&T salary ($55K)
"Underpaid. They have us doing work that other techs do for $10/hour more than what we get paid."
+$3K (7%) more than national average Wire Technician salary ($39K)
-$13K (26%) less than average AT&T salary ($55K)
"It's competitive, but for the absolute nightmare of crap we have to tolerate, it is not enough. Wire techs should get paid around 30.00 an hour, because of the physical demand of the job, the attics you have to crawl through in 100+ degree weather, etc."