Lineman schools, apprenticeships and jobs
The Ones Who Power The World. Start Here.
Every accredited climb school, union hall, and utility job in North America. In one place.
What are you here to do?
Get Trained. Get Hired. Get Paid.
One directory covering the whole career, from your first climb school to journeyman wages.
Get paid
Pay by state
Journeyman median in Hawaii
$105,758
- Top 10% earn
- $129,290
- Linemen employed
- 320
Example utilities and contractors active in our network
Why we exist
We empower those the rest take for granted.
When the lights come back on, nobody asks who climbed the pole in the storm. We do. Lineman Central exists to get the people who power everything trained faster, hired sooner, and paid what the work is worth.
About the Job of a Lineman
Questions? Start here.
What the work is actually like, how apprenticeships run, what it takes to get hired, and where the career goes from groundhand to journeyman.
Getting a Lineman Job in 2026 →What do lineman get paid in 2026?
How much are top linemen getting paid? Median and top-10% wages for every state and province, straight from the directory.
Details on Lineman Pay →
The career path
Groundhand to journeyman, mapped
TRAINING YARD, POLE CLIMB WEEK
Step 01. Train
Pick a program that employers actually hire from
Pre-apprenticeships and college lineman programs run 5 weeks to 2 semesters. Cost, start dates, and the employers who hire graduates. It's all in the directory.
Browse 211 programs →
Start your AI-proof career in 5 weeks. Online, on your schedule.
Find Programs In Your Region
Every state and province in the directory. Schools, unions, and pay data for each.
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United States
- Alabama29
- Alaska5
- Arizona20
- Arkansas23
- California11
- Colorado22
- Connecticut9
- Delaware7
- Florida13
- Georgia24
- Hawaii
- Idaho10
- Illinois18
- Indiana20
- Iowa14
- Kansas14
- Kentucky19
- Louisiana18
- Maine4
- Maryland14
- Massachusetts8
- Michigan14
- Minnesota16
- Mississippi24
- Missouri18
- Montana6
- Nebraska11
- Nevada10
- New Hampshire6
- New Jersey11
- New Mexico13
- New York7
- North Carolina24
- North Dakota10
- Ohio24
- Oklahoma23
- Oregon11
- Pennsylvania14
- Rhode Island8
- South Carolina25
- South Dakota13
- Tennessee20
- Texas25
- Utah11
- Vermont5
- Virginia15
- Washington6
- West Virginia19
- Wisconsin23
- Wyoming11
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