A lineman is a person who works with electric power transmission and telecommunications lines and distribution lines. This person usually works outdoors and they have to climb up to the power line to maintain and install electrical wiring that goes inside resident or commercial building. 

Lineman will always be needed because without them there would not be electricity going into the resident and commercial building and if something went wrong with the power, a lineman is the one that has to fix them. The job salary for a lineman is usually ranged from 25-50 dollars an hour depending on where one lives. 

A lineman salary California is about “50.94 an hour according to indeed.com salary finder. which is 54% above the national average. 

Salary estimates are based on 17 salaries submitted anonymously to Indeed by Journeyman Lineman employees, users, and collected from past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months. 

The typical tenure for a Journeyman Lineman is 3-5 years”. The lineman salary California is also determined by the city as well because the different city has a different cost of living and the dollar amount can go slightly up or down depending on the number of jobs and people living in the city. 

One must also factor in the cost of living to know exactly how much it is that lineman is earning per hour or year. Below is a list of salary for a lineman in California based on cities;

Journeyman Lineman in Whitethorn CA – The average salary for a lineman in this city is 41.58 dollars per hour.

Journeyman Lineman in Alturas CA – The average salary for linemen in this city is 42.10 dollars per hour

Journeyman Lineman in China Lake CA – The average salary for linemen in this city is 35.00 dollars per hour

Journeyman Lineman in San Diego CA – The average salary for linemen in this city is 57.71 dollars per hour

Journeyman Lineman in Riverside CA – The average salary for linemen in this city is 114,690 dollars per year.

And finally, the salary for southern California Journeyman is 130,388 dollars per year, although the salary for southern California is 130,388, that is only the average but some people make much lower than that because it is also based on the experience the person has in the industry. 

According to Glassdoor.com “This estimate is based upon 5 Southern California Edison Journeyman Lineman salary report(s) provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods. When factoring in bonuses and additional compensation, a Journeyman Lineman at Southern California Edison can expect to make an average total pay of $ 130,388. See all Journeyman Lineman salaries to learn how this stacks up in the market”.

As you can see the average salary can be slightly different from city to city and this is only for California if it was in other states the salary could be very different for the same amount of work because the salary is based not only on experience but also on the cost of living in a particular city

Even though the cost of living in California can be high, the salary for a Journeyman Lineman is still a good salary for an individual who does electrical stuff for a living and the person also gets to travel and most of the travel expense is also paid by the company they work for so the linemen do not have to worry about those kinds of expenses.