Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

Architecture and Construction Apprenticeship
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.

What a telecommunications equipment installers and repairer, except line installer does

Become a telecommunications equipment installers and repairer, except line installer

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good telecommunications equipment installers and repairer, except line installer

  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
  • Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Typical hourly rate is $50 per hour with a typical salary of $91,500 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $33 and $55 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $32,300 and $96,600 per year.
  • 57% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $43 per hour with a typical salary of $51,600 per year.

Telecommunications Equipment Installers And Repairer, Except Line Installer job outlook

  • There are 3,539 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 535 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
  • 13% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

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