Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
SOC 49-2022 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -7.4%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $78,797per year
- Projected openings
- 11,800
- Projected change
- -7.4%
- Usually needs
- Postsecondary non-degree award
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Troubleshooting
- Repairing
- Critical Thinking
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Equipment Maintenance
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $97,404 | 680 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $96,144 | 110 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $94,778 | 40 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $89,219 | 60 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $87,458 | 880 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $86,460 | 910 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $82,968 | 90 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $82,681 | 30 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $82,681 | 80 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $80,041 | 30 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $78,809 | 190 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $78,244 | 160 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $77,353 | 1,250 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $76,201 | 60 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $76,118 | 40 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $75,711 | 2,810 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $74,814 | 1,020 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $74,383 | 780 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $74,065 | 120 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $73,613 | 100 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $73,520 | 1,260 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $73,171 | 70 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $73,027 | 60 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $71,353 | 50 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $71,353 | 440 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $67,471 | 150 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $66,958 | 60 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $66,650 | 60 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $66,578 | 50 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $66,023 | 110 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers | $100,750 | 7,040 | -12.8% |
| Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers | $64,617 | 1,120 | +9.1% |
| Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment | $89,542 | 5,030 | +5.1% |
| Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers | $64,154 | 2,910 | +3.4% |
| Computer Network Architects | $163,317 | 9,510 | +11.8% |
| Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment | $87,218 | 1,190 | 0% |
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