Electrical power-line installers in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson metro average $88,820 a year, above the national median for the trade. The work splits between AES Indiana's urban distribution grid downtown, Duke Energy Indiana's suburban territory, and Hoosier Energy transmission support across central Indiana. Indiana is a right-to-work state, so union membership is not a condition of employment on most crews; check the IBEW local finder before you sign a book.
Owns the Indianapolis distribution grid, so most in-city urban and underground work runs through them.
Covers the suburban ring and much of the state outside Marion County.
Transmission and co-op support work across central and southern Indiana.
Contract crews on utility build-out; the usual door in if you want travel and overtime.
The mix matters when you apply. IOUs, co-ops, and contractors hire on different timelines and weight experience differently. Carmel, Fishers, Greenwood, and Noblesville sit inside the same commute and pull from the same crews.
Duke Energy Indiana apprentice postings frequently screen for lineman school, enrollment in a technical line program, or military experience before they'll look at you. If you have none of those, groundman work with a contractor is the realistic first rung, and the ladder from groundman to journeyman runs three to four years from there.
Electrical power-line installers in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson metro average $88,820 annually, which puts the market above the national median. See the salary by state guide for how Indiana compares.
No. Indiana is a right-to-work state, so union membership is never a condition of employment, though outside line work in the region still runs through IBEW books.
AES Indiana, Duke Energy Indiana, Hoosier Energy, and MasTec Utility Services all hire in the metro. Duke Energy Indiana apprentice postings may require lineman school, technical line program enrollment, or military experience.