AI Career Radar

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

AI exposure36 / 100Moderate 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 automation31
Freedom to set tasks84
Repeating the same tasks64
$74,330Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-3.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
51Skill durability (fragile)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
Speaking
63
53
Critical Thinking
63
53
Monitoring
63
53
Active Listening
63
50
Judgment and Decision Making
63
50
Coordination
62
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
47
Active Learning
62
41
Reading Comprehension
61
50
Time Management
61
50
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
44
Writing
60
38
Learning Strategies
58
25
Instructing
58
25
Systems Analysis
57
31
Service Orientation
56
44
Systems Evaluation
56
28
Persuasion
54
28
Mathematics
53
28
Negotiation
52
28
Science
52
9
Management of Personnel Resources
50
22
Operations Analysis
49
22
Installation
48
50
Quality Control Analysis
47
53
Equipment Maintenance
47
50
Troubleshooting
47
50
Equipment Selection
47
31
Technology Design
47
19
Management of Material Resources
47
13
Management of Financial Resources
47
9
Operations Monitoring
46
50
Repairing
46
50
Programming
45
9
Operation and Control
43
50

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.

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
25%
Retraining
Moderate

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

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
26%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Complex Problem Solving

75/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Installation, Active Learning, Active Listening, Critical Thinking

75/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$95,320
10-yr growth
+10.3%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Active Listening, Troubleshooting, Active Learning

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74/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$98,100
10-yr growth
+8%
Skill gap
16%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Instructing, Persuasion, Active Listening, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 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.