DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

49-2022 Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Occupational Description:
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. Excludes ?Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers? (49-9052).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Central Minnesota 18040$25.01/hr$1.86/hr$16.45/hr$18.80/hr$23.94/hr$31.48/hr$36.30/hr
Minnesota 3,550454$25.12/hr$1.06/hr$13.76/hr$17.22/hr$23.55/hr$33.72/hr$38.29/hr
U S 208,4803,961$28.57/hr$0.17/hr$16.15/hr$21.26/hr$28.25/hr$35.85/hr$41.78/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Information270$23.71/hr
Other Regional Data For Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,870 $24.42/hr 8.6%
Southeast Minnesota 600 $21.79/hr 9.1%
Northwest Minnesota 470 $28.65/hr 14.9%
Southwest Minnesota 210 $20.21/hr 11.4%
Central Minnesota 180 $23.94/hr 10.2%
Northeast Minnesota 90 $19.27/hr 5.8%
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers330$19.09/hr14.0%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers170$16.03/hr-10.0%
Cargo and Freight Agents130$25.39/hr12.4%
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment70$33.35/hr-4.5%
Broadcast Technicians20$14.09/hrN/A
Radio Mechanics10$33.71/hr10.5%
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and RepairersN/AN/AN/A
Telephone OperatorsN/AN/AN/A
Power Distributors and DispatchersN/AN/A-4.3%
Sound Engineering TechniciansN/AN/AN/A
Nuclear Power Reactor OperatorsN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers