San Antonio linework runs through CPS Energy, the largest municipally owned electric and gas utility in the country, so the anchor employer here is a city-owned muni rather than an investor-owned utility. Average San Antonio lineman pay is $81,956 per year, in line with the broader Texas market. Texas is a right-to-work state, and IBEW Local 60 represents electrical workers in the San Antonio area.
City-owned utility running distribution and overhead work across Bexar County.
Line construction contractor with crews working Texas utility territories.
National contractor staffing distribution and storm-response crews.
Regional contractor hiring groundmen and journeymen for line work.
New Braunfels, Seguin, Boerne, and Schertz sit inside commuting range, and Austin adds a second metro's worth of openings 80 miles up I-35. Texas storm work is driven by Gulf hurricanes from June through November plus the occasional inland ice event, and storm restoration pay can run well past base for crews willing to roll.
Average San Antonio lineman pay is $81,956 per year. CPS Energy sets the local benchmark as the dominant employer, and contractor rates in the metro generally track against it.
No. Texas is right-to-work, so union membership is never a condition of employment. IBEW Local 60 covers electrical workers in the area, and the contractors working Bexar County run a mix of union and non-union crews.
Most people start as a groundman with a contractor like MasTec or Primoris, get a Class A CDL, then apply into an apprenticeship. CPS Energy hires apprentices directly, but competition for a muni seat is heavier than for contractor work. See how to become a power lineman.