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 2024

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	1,550	177	$31.12/hr	$23.18/hr	$24.17/hr	$28.83/hr	$38.24/hr	$46.74/hr

Leading Industries for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Construction	630	$28.66/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	N/A	N/A
Information	440	$37.86/hr
Professional and Business Services	410	$24.95/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A
Public Administration	70	$41.97/hr

Other Regional Data for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Northeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	20	$30.32/hr	3.2%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	20	$30.21/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	20	$40.09/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	20	$31.57/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	30	$30.99/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	50	$29.28/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	60	$47.90/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	80	$39.39/hr	4.3%
Southwest Minnesota	90	$30.64/hr	7.5%
St Cloud MN MSA	90	$24.05/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	130	$23.36/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	220	$27.60/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	240	$27.60/hr	8.4%
Central Minnesota	330	$24.78/hr	14.0%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	750	$30.16/hr	5.0%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	910	$30.16/hr	N/A
Minnesota	1,550	$28.83/hr	7.6%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	1,010	$38.89/hr	8.9%
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	2,380	$32.16/hr	9.9%
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	240	$39.26/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.