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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$63,890
United States, 2025
Employment
140,920
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
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
- Experience required
- None
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.
- Test connections to ensure that power supplies are adequate and that communications links function.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$44,240
25th percentile
$51,830
75th percentile
$81,690
90th percentile
$96,730
Most important skills
- Troubleshooting3.9
- Repairing3.9
- Quality Control Analysis3.8
- Critical Thinking3.8
- Operations Monitoring3.8
- Installation3.6
- Reading Comprehension3.5
- Monitoring3.5
- Active Listening3.5
- Equipment Maintenance3.4
- Judgment and Decision Making3.3
- Complex Problem Solving3.3
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 19 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
19
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
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | 3.9 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.8 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.8 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Installation | 3.6 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Repairing | 3.9 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.5 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.8 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Monitoring | 3.5 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Active Listening | 3.5 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.3 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Operation and Control | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.3 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Equipment Selection | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Speaking | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Learning | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK | $101,020 | 350 | 2025 |
| Fairbanks, AK | $97,860 | 60 | 2025 |
| AK | $95,850 | 520 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $92,290 | 1,850 | 2025 |
| ND | $90,890 | 470 | 2025 |
| Slidell, LA | $90,690 | 220 | 2025 |
| Rome, GA | $89,650 | 60 | 2025 |
| El Centro, CA | $89,600 | 50 | 2025 |
| Bismarck, ND | $89,260 | 70 | 2025 |
| Kahului, HI | $89,140 | 70 | 2025 |
| Grand Forks, ND | $88,820 | 80 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $87,950 | 1,060 | 2025 |
| Manchester, NH | $87,160 | 210 | 2025 |
| Yuba City, CA | $86,140 | 40 | 2025 |
| NH | $85,240 | 550 | 2025 |
| Santa Fe, NM | $83,620 | 50 | 2025 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $83,030 | 60 | 2025 |
| VT | $81,800 | 310 | 2025 |
| Burlington, VT | $81,800 | 120 | 2025 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $81,470 | 520 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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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.