Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
SOC 49-9052 · 2024-2034
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -12.8%
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
- $100,750per year
- Projected openings
- 7,040
- Projected change
- -12.8%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
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.
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Operations Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $107,902 | 480 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $107,749 | 390 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $105,879 | 300 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $105,099 | 100 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $102,285 | 20 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $100,324 | 70 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $99,533 | 50 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $99,112 | 30 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $98,742 | 60 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $98,424 | 30 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $98,424 | 70 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $97,479 | 120 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $96,689 | 40 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $96,165 | 230 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $92,645 | 1,850 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $92,231 | 70 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $90,773 | 540 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $87,877 | 200 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $86,090 | 800 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $85,310 | 450 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $81,533 | 830 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $75,061 | 50 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $73,541 | 30 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $70,306 | 190 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $69,987 | 50 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | Not reported | 10 |
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 Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers | $78,797 | 11,800 | -7.4% |
| Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $132,689 | 7,690 | +7.8% |
| Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers | $64,617 | 1,120 | +9.1% |
| Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers | $64,154 | 2,910 | +3.4% |
| Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment | $87,218 | 1,190 | 0% |
| Electricians | $78,223 | 86,460 | +14.9% |