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Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$84,890

United States, 2025

Employment

6,940

United States, 2025

Typical education

Post-Secondary Certificate

Job Zone 3

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.

O*NET code
49-2093.00
Job zone
3
Experience required
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

Typical tasks

  • Inspect and test electrical systems and equipment to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections, testing devices, and computer software.
  • Reassemble and test equipment after repairs.
  • Adjust, repair, or replace defective wiring and relays in ignition, lighting, air-conditioning, and safety control systems, using electrician's tools.
  • Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures, outlets, and equipment.
  • Locate and remove or repair circuit defects such as blown fuses or malfunctioning transistors.
  • Maintain equipment service records.
  • Refer to schematics and manufacturers' specifications that show connections and provide instructions on how to locate problems.
  • Install fixtures, outlets, terminal boards, switches, and wall boxes, using hand tools.

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Salary analysis — United States

$50,750
10th
$63,560
25th
$84,890
Median
$98,850
75th
$116,810
90th

10th percentile

$50,750

25th percentile

$63,560

75th percentile

$98,850

90th percentile

$116,810

Most important skills

  • Critical Thinking3.6
  • Active Listening3.4
  • Quality Control Analysis3.3
  • Operations Monitoring3.3
  • Repairing3.1
  • Reading Comprehension3.1
  • Monitoring3.1
  • Complex Problem Solving3.1
  • Operation and Control3.0
  • Troubleshooting3.0
  • Social Perceptiveness3.0
  • Coordination3.0

What skills do you need?

Select the skills you already have

Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 17 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

17

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Critical Thinking3.63.0Not selected3.0
Quality Control Analysis3.33.3Not selected3.3
Active Listening3.43.0Not selected3.0
Operations Monitoring3.33.1Not selected3.1
Troubleshooting3.03.3Not selected3.3
Repairing3.13.1Not selected3.1
Reading Comprehension3.13.1Not selected3.1
Monitoring3.13.0Not selected3.0
Complex Problem Solving3.13.0Not selected3.0
Time Management3.03.1Not selected3.1
Social Perceptiveness3.03.0Not selected3.0
Coordination3.03.0Not selected3.0
Writing3.03.0Not selected3.0
Equipment Maintenance3.03.0Not selected3.0
Speaking3.03.0Not selected3.0
Judgment and Decision Making3.02.9Not selected2.9
Operation and Control3.02.5Not selected2.5

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
San Francisco, CA$122,5903602025
WA$122,1402302025
Seattle, WA$122,1401302025
San Jose, CA$116,810902025
OR$104,4101602025
NV$102,2101202025
KS$99,420602025
MD$98,8502902025
Washington, DC$98,8502702025
Portland, OR$98,070602025
CO$96,680702025
MT$96,560502025
New York, NY$93,7603302025
IL$93,3001402025
Jacksonville, FL$89,440402025
VA$87,8602402025
Virginia Beach, VA$87,8601902025
NY$87,3605002025
TX$86,5205802025
CA$84,8201,4802025
All locations with published data

Career transition paths

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.