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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

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.

AI exposure32 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation18
Freedom to set tasks87
Repeating the same tasks68
$63,890Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-3.3%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
64Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Critical Thinking
63
69
Active Listening
63
63
Monitoring
63
63
Judgment and Decision Making
63
56
Speaking
63
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
56
Active Learning
62
50
Coordination
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
63
Time Management
61
50
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
47
Social Perceptiveness
60
44
Learning Strategies
58
44
Instructing
58
44
Systems Analysis
57
53
Service Orientation
56
47
Systems Evaluation
56
47
Persuasion
54
31
Mathematics
53
28
Negotiation
52
31
Science
52
22
Management of Personnel Resources
50
28
Operations Analysis
49
25
Installation
48
66
Troubleshooting
47
72
Quality Control Analysis
47
69
Equipment Maintenance
47
60
Equipment Selection
47
50
Technology Design
47
19
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Management of Material Resources
47
16
Repairing
46
72
Operations Monitoring
46
69
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
56

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Speaking, Active Learning, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension

#6Wind Turbine Service TechniciansInstallation & Repair
83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$64,120
10-yr growth
+29.5%
Skill gap
5%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Equipment Maintenance, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Operations Monitoring

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.