Electrical and Power Transmission Installers programs in Texas
51 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 7 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $81,333 at Texas State Technical College.
What this work pays in Texas
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Texas earn a median of $74,520 a year across 90,010 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Electricians | $58,570 | 76,770 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | $76,760 | 75,340 |
| Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $78,940 | 17,280 |
| Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers | $52,270 | 10,260 |
| Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay | $102,470 | 2,360 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Associate's degree | $11,000 | $81,333 (31 grads) | 129 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | $7,335 | $73,737 (16 grads) | 209 |
| Lamson Institute San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $8,867 | $35,123 (95 grads) | 103 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | $32,925 (13 grads) | 17 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | — | $25,194 (20 grads) | 67 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Associate's degree | — | $25,194 (13 grads) | 23 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | $21,964 (32 grads) | 27 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 31 |
| Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | — |
| Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville Brownsville | Undergraduate certificate | $7,125 | not published | 152 |
| Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $7,125 | not published | 99 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Waco Waco | Undergraduate certificate | $7,125 | not published | 31 |
| Tulsa Welding School-Dallas Campus Irving | Undergraduate certificate | $7,125 | not published | — |
| Tulsa Welding School-Houston Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $7,125 | not published | 0 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 31 |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 37 |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Grayson College Denison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Grayson College Denison | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Houston City College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 53 |
| Houston City College Houston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Laredo College Laredo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 45 |
| Lee College Baytown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 29 |
| Lee College Baytown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 147 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Associate's degree | — | not published | 37 |
| Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 20 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Paris Junior College Paris | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 89 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Associate's degree | — | not published | 19 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Southwest Texas College Uvalde | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 93 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 16 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Texarkana College Texarkana | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Texarkana College Texarkana | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 16 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Vernon College Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Vernon College Vernon | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Western Texas College Snyder | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Electrical and Power Transmission Installers — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.