Skilled Trades
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.
Median salary (BLS)
$74,330
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$45k – $104k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Entry / Junior
$45,310
~2 yrs to advance
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Established
$74,330
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Senior
$89,005
Key skills
A typical day
- •Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
- •Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
- •Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
- •Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
- •Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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