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 2023

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Northwest Minnesota	260	35	$28.27/hr	$19.61/hr	$19.82/hr	$25.57/hr	$37.04/hr	$39.82/hr

Leading Industries for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Construction	680	$25.54/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	N/A	N/A
Information	800	$35.70/hr
Professional and Business Services	210	$22.79/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A
Public Administration	N/A	$49.11/hr

Other Regional Data for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	20	$37.04/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	30	$30.68/hr	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	30	$22.96/hr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	40	$26.03/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	40	$29.36/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	50	$26.23/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	50	$26.03/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	60	$36.84/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	60	$25.64/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	90	$21.44/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	100	$25.64/hr	4.5%
Southeast Minnesota	100	$32.22/hr	-0.5%
St Cloud MN MSA	110	$28.24/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	250	$23.95/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	260	$25.57/hr	12.1%
Central Minnesota	330	$23.14/hr	4.7%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	750	$35.70/hr	5.3%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	920	$30.63/hr	N/A
Minnesota	1,730	$30.09/hr	5.5%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	770	$32.06/hr	6.4%
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	2,130	$29.89/hr	-1.7%
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	250	$34.86/hr	-0.6%

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.