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 2022

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southeast Minnesota	110	19	$25.83/hr	$19.25/hr	$19.55/hr	$24.41/hr	$30.94/hr	$38.77/hr

Leading Industries for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Construction	820	$25.56/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	10	$49.03/hr
Information	590	$24.94/hr
Professional and Business Services	270	$21.49/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A
Leisure and Hospitality	N/A	N/A
Public Administration	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	20	$31.53/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	30	$23.97/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	40	$30.79/hr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	50	$24.94/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	50	$24.31/hr	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	50	$23.18/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	70	$24.94/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	70	$24.94/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	70	$24.41/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	100	$23.97/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	100	$18.98/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	110	$24.41/hr	-0.5%
Southwest Minnesota	110	$23.46/hr	4.5%
Central Minnesota	310	$23.18/hr	4.7%
Northwest Balance of State	330	$24.94/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	340	$24.94/hr	12.1%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	660	$26.07/hr	5.3%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	810	$25.57/hr	N/A
Minnesota	1,700	$24.68/hr	5.5%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	810	$35.94/hr	6.4%
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	2,440	$30.55/hr	-1.7%
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	140	$34.38/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.