Installation & Repair
Electronic Equipment Installers
SOC 49-2096
Install and service electronic systems in vehicles and buildings.
The job
Median pay
$48k
$43k to $59k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-14% projected
Openings a year
400
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Very low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
10/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
2nd pct
More exposed than 2% of occupations · modeled estimate · 35th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
43/100
Key skills
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Writing
- Monitoring
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,210 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $49k |
| California | 960 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $49k |
| Florida | 660 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $48k |
| Indiana | 470 | 0.1 | 2.7× | $57k |
| Virginia | 440 | 0.1 | 1.9× | $49k |
| Pennsylvania | 316 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $27k~ |
| Georgia | 300 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $60k |
| New York | 290 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $60k |
| Minnesota | 250 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $50k |
| Ohio | 230 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $45k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 230 | 0.1 | 1.8× | $48k |
| Massachusetts | 220 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $48k |
| Tennessee | 210 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $49k |
| Oregon | 200 | 0.1 | 1.9× | $56k |
| North Carolina | 190 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Illinois | 170 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $47k |
| New Jersey | 170 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $41k |
| New Mexico | 160 | 0.2 | 3.3× | $49k |
| Colorado | 159 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $60k~ |
| Wisconsin | 159 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $38k~ |
| Maryland | 136 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $50k~ |
| Louisiana | 135 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $41k~ |
| Oklahoma | 129 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $45k~ |
| Washington | 120 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $59k |
| North Dakota | 100 | 0.2 | 4.2× | $47k |
| Iowa | 98 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $55k~ |
| Utah | 96 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $48k~ |
| Connecticut | 90 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $45k |
| Idaho | 90 | 0.1 | 1.9× | $56k |
| Kansas | 90 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $33k |
| Mississippi | 90 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $39k |
| Nevada | 87 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $46k~ |
| Arkansas | 80 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $42k |
| Michigan | 80 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $48k |
| Alabama | 70 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $39k |
| Hawaii | 70 | 0.1 | 2.0× | $48k |
| Missouri | 70 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $39k |
| Nebraska | 63 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $48k~ |
| Delaware | 50 | 0.1 | 1.9× | $50k~ |
| Arizona | 40 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $57k |
| Kentucky | 40 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $65k |
| Maine | 40 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $49k~ |
| Montana | 40 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $50k |
| West Virginia | 40 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $52k |
| New Hampshire | 39 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $51k~ |
| South Dakota | 28 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $48k~ |
| Alaska | 27 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $61k~ |
| Wyoming | 24 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $50k~ |
| Rhode Island | 23 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $49k~ |
| Washington DC | 15 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $58k~ |
| Vermont | 15 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $49k~ |
Top metro areas
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX390 jobs · $52k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ370 jobs · $55k median
- Elkhart-Goshen, IN260 jobs · $59k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX230 jobs · $50k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI210 jobs · $50k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA200 jobs · $44k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL150 jobs · $46k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA150 jobs · $57k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Electronic Equipment Installers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.