Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Career, Salary and Skills
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $63,890 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 140,920. Wage data is published for 376 locations.
Occupation description
Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.
O*NET code
49-2022.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$63,890
Hourly median
$30.72
Employment
140,920
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Repairing | 3.88 | 3.50 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.75 | 3.38 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Installation | 3.62 | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Monitoring | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Active Listening | 3.50 | 3.38 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.38 | 3.25 |
Typical tasks
- Test circuits and components of malfunctioning telecommunications equipment to isolate sources of malfunctions, using test meters, circuit diagrams, polarity probes, and other hand tools.
- Drive crew trucks to and from work areas.
- Assemble and install communication equipment such as data and telephone communication lines, wiring, switching equipment, wiring frames, power apparatus, computer systems, and networks.
- Run wires between components and to outside cable systems, connecting them to wires from telephone poles or underground cable accesses.
- Inspect equipment on a regular basis to ensure proper functioning.
- Collaborate with other workers to locate and correct malfunctions.
- Climb poles and ladders, use truck-mounted booms, and enter areas such as manholes and cable vaults to install, maintain, or inspect equipment.
- Note differences in wire and cable colors so that work can be performed correctly.
Technology
- Apache Struts
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Cisco IOS
- Firewall software
- Fluke ClearSight Analyzer
- Fluke Networks Fluke TechEXPERT
- Fluke Networks TechAdvisor Field Access System
- Geographic information system GIS systems
- IBM Domino
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in CAMedian $76,630 · Employment 14,040
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in TXMedian $59,370 · Employment 13,440
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in FLMedian $61,030 · Employment 11,820
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in GAMedian $64,900 · Employment 6,640
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in NYMedian $67,710 · Employment 6,240
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in New York, NYMedian $75,900 · Employment 5,820
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in ILMedian $64,630 · Employment 5,760
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in PAMedian $64,960 · Employment 5,220
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $60,340 · Employment 4,680
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $73,440 · Employment 4,360
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in Atlanta, GAMedian $70,790 · Employment 4,300
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in MIMedian $61,700 · Employment 3,940
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.