Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

49-9052 Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Occupational Description:
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2026

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	1,130	240	$35.56/hr	$24.51/hr	$29.08/hr	$36.44/hr	$43.78/hr	$47.48/hr

Leading Industries for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Construction	110	$31.55/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	30	$44.78/hr
Information	830	$37.71/hr
Professional and Business Services	N/A	N/A
Public Administration	20	$30.86/hr

Other Regional Data for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Duluth MN-WI MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	40	$29.62/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	40	$25.22/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	40	$35.25/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	50	$23.37/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	60	$34.52/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	70	$35.62/hr	4.3%
Southwest Minnesota	90	$35.07/hr	7.5%
Central Minnesota	190	$35.04/hr	14.0%
Northwest Minnesota	210	$29.61/hr	8.4%
Northwest Balance of State	210	$29.61/hr	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	470	$38.42/hr	5.0%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	580	$38.15/hr	N/A
Minnesota	1,130	$36.44/hr	7.6%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	770	$30.87/hr	8.9%
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	1,900	$37.15/hr	9.9%
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	80	$38.05/hr	6.3%

Task for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.
Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.
String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension.
Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.
Explain cable service to subscribers after installation and collect any installation fees that are due.
Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
Explain cable service to subscribers after installation and collect any installation fees that are due.
Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.