Installation & Repair

Telecom Equipment Installers

SOC 49-2022

Set up and repair the equipment behind phone and internet service.

Median pay

$64k

$52k to $82k typical range

Outlook

Declining

13k openings / yr

Education

Postsecondary cert

AI exposure

31%

modeled estimate · 64th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

43/100

Key skills

Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Monitoring
Speaking
Active Learning

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.