Occupational employment / Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,630 $27.24 $56,660
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 13,770 $29.87 $62,120
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 10,180 $26.30 $54,700
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 9,360 $27.25 $56,680
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 8,330 $27.32 $56,830
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 7,440 $31.32 $65,150
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 7,380 $20.79 $43,250
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 7,230 $26.26 $54,620
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 5,580 $28.12 $58,490
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 4,800 $20.91 $43,500
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,630 $27.55 $57,310
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 4,100 $27.31 $56,800
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,000 $29.66 $61,690
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3,830 $26.65 $55,430
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 3,650 $22.46 $46,710
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,620 $22.38 $46,550
St. Louis, MO-IL 3,280 $25.76 $53,590
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,210 $23.32 $48,510
Denver-Aurora, CO 3,080 $28.50 $59,270
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,960 $26.38 $54,870
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,770 $26.00 $54,080
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,770 $28.25 $58,760
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,720 $27.89 $58,020
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,720 $23.74 $49,370
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 2,580 $20.57 $42,790
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 2,520 $29.85 $62,080
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 2,500 $28.66 $59,610
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,390 $27.33 $56,850
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,340 $23.13 $48,110
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,320 $28.18 $58,620
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,940 $25.66 $53,360
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 1,900 $23.85 $49,600
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,900 $28.15 $58,550
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 1,890 $27.49 $57,190
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,890 $27.68 $57,560
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,870 $25.85 $53,770
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,820 $23.84 $49,580
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,820 $24.13 $50,190
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,730 $27.03 $56,220
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,700 $28.57 $59,420
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,680 $27.58 $57,360
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,660 $27.43 $57,050
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,640 $19.98 $41,560
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,620 $21.84 $45,430
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,570 $22.23 $46,240
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,480 $30.38 $63,180
Columbus, OH 1,380 $25.16 $52,340
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,350 $22.85 $47,530
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,340 $23.21 $48,270
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,270 $27.30 $56,780
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,220 $22.03 $45,820
Pittsburgh, PA 1,110 $22.84 $47,510
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,040 $21.95 $45,660
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,030 $23.83 $49,570
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,010 $21.25 $44,200
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,000 $26.44 $54,990
Oklahoma City, OK 950 $21.67 $45,080
San Antonio, TX 950 $23.21 $48,280
Albuquerque, NM 920 $22.47 $46,730
Raleigh-Cary, NC 880 $23.38 $48,630
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 880 $23.09 $48,020
Salt Lake City, UT 840 $26.86 $55,870
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 800 $26.68 $55,500
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 740 $24.46 $50,880
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 740 $26.59 $55,300
Jacksonville, FL 740 $23.49 $48,860
Baton Rouge, LA 700 $23.39 $48,660
El Paso, TX 670 $20.92 $43,510
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 650 $27.09 $56,360
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 640 $23.54 $48,970
Columbia, SC 630 $22.25 $46,270
Fresno, CA 630 $26.35 $54,820
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 630 $31.99 $66,540
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 610 $25.65 $53,340
Tulsa, OK 600 $27.10 $56,360
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 570 $21.10 $43,890
Honolulu, HI 570 $25.49 $53,010
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 550 $24.52 $50,990
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 530 $21.18 $44,060
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 530 $23.48 $48,840
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 500 $14.23 $29,610
Lubbock, TX 490 $21.44 $44,600
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 480 $16.10 $33,490
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 470 $23.28 $48,430
Madison, WI 470 $27.27 $56,710
Akron, OH 470 $28.16 $58,570
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 460 $25.40 $52,820
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 450 $28.60 $59,480
Richmond, VA 450 $25.39 $52,820
Anchorage, AK 440 $23.90 $49,710
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 440 $29.52 $61,400
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 430 $21.10 $43,890
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 420 $28.22 $58,690
Bakersfield, CA 420 $25.94 $53,960
Rochester, NY 420 $26.86 $55,870
Syracuse, NY 420 $27.01 $56,180
Dayton, OH 420 $25.76 $53,580
Appleton, WI 420 $23.46 $48,800
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 420 $18.64 $38,770
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 410 $22.24 $46,260
Tucson, AZ 410 $25.24 $52,500
Knoxville, TN 410 $25.87 $53,800
Jackson, MS 400 $26.08 $54,240
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 390 $23.97 $49,860
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 380 $25.07 $52,140
Greensboro-High Point, NC 380 $28.21 $58,680
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 370 $24.62 $51,220
Wichita, KS 370 $23.82 $49,540
Spokane, WA 370 $28.64 $59,580
Durham, NC 360 $26.04 $54,160
Reno-Sparks, NV 360 $19.71 $40,990
New Haven, CT 360 $20.87 $43,420
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 360 $21.99 $45,750
Colorado Springs, CO 350 $26.77 $55,680
Boise City-Nampa, ID 340 $21.73 $45,200
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 330 $21.52 $44,770
Montgomery, AL 330 $21.29 $44,270
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 330 $23.50 $48,890
Eau Claire, WI 320 $17.90 $37,220
Cedar Rapids, IA 320 $23.73 $49,350
Springfield, MO 310 $24.36 $50,660
Chattanooga, TN-GA 310 $22.77 $47,370
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 300 $31.19 $64,880
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 300 $28.65 $59,580
Fayetteville, NC 290 $20.58 $42,800
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 290 $20.94 $43,550
Springfield, MA-CT 290 $28.31 $58,890
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 290 $23.48 $48,840
Huntsville, AL 290 $20.87 $43,410
Modesto, CA 290 $28.69 $59,670
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 270 $25.17 $52,350
Manchester, NH 260 $25.12 $52,260
Rockford, IL 260 $27.03 $56,220
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 260 $25.52 $53,090
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 260 $26.09 $54,260
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 260 $25.06 $52,120
York-Hanover, PA 260 $25.07 $52,150
Topeka, KS 250 $22.20 $46,170
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 250 $23.23 $48,320
Tallahassee, FL 250 $22.65 $47,120
Fort Wayne, IN 240 $20.01 $41,630
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 220 $21.89 $45,520
Stockton, CA 220 $26.83 $55,800
Savannah, GA 200 $26.08 $54,250
Wilmington, NC 200 $26.56 $55,250
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 190 $30.02 $62,440
Lakeland, FL 190 $25.22 $52,470
Lexington-Fayette, KY 190 $26.83 $55,800
Toledo, OH 180 $22.02 $45,800
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 180 $25.83 $53,720
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 180 $25.02 $52,040
Mobile, AL 180 $23.59 $49,070
Sioux Falls, SD 180 $23.89 $49,680
Champaign-Urbana, IL 170 $29.40 $61,150
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 170 $27.78 $57,790
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 170 $27.49 $57,170
Worcester, MA-CT 160 $28.97 $60,250
Fargo, ND-MN 150 $26.68 $55,500
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 150 $29.78 $61,940
Lancaster, PA 150 $20.99 $43,670
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 140 $24.00 $49,920
Lake Charles, LA 140 $20.70 $43,060
Joplin, MO 140 $19.75 $41,080
Eugene-Springfield, OR 140 $27.62 $57,440
Ocala, FL 140 $25.02 $52,050
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 140 $27.32 $56,830
Portsmouth, NH-ME 130 $21.19 $44,080
Valdosta, GA 130 $23.38 $48,620
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 130 $24.49 $50,940
Abilene, TX 130 $17.63 $36,670
Winston-Salem, NC 130 $24.32 $50,590
Bend, OR 120 $17.89 $37,210
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 120 $25.47 $52,980
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 120 $18.40 $38,270
Asheville, NC 120 $22.27 $46,310
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 120 $20.51 $42,670
Florence, SC 120 $27.81 $57,840
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 120 $26.76 $55,660
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 120 $27.57 $57,350
San Angelo, TX 110 $17.09 $35,550
Barnstable Town, MA 110 $26.76 $55,650
Burlington, NC 110 $23.61 $49,120
Dover, DE 110 $19.58 $40,730
Columbus, GA-AL 110 $26.82 $55,780
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 110 $23.26 $48,380
Rapid City, SD 110 $26.11 $54,310
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 110 $22.93 $47,680
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 100 $26.79 $55,720
Duluth, MN-WI 100 $27.27 $56,720
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 100 $28.73 $59,770
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 100 $29.32 $60,990
Yakima, WA 100 $26.92 $56,000
Redding, CA 100 $28.31 $58,890
Canton-Massillon, OH 90 $21.40 $44,520
Roanoke, VA 90 $20.53 $42,700
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 90 $25.00 $52,010
Fairbanks, AK 90 $30.18 $62,780
Lincoln, NE 90 $22.06 $45,880
Grand Forks, ND-MN 90 $24.76 $51,500
Spartanburg, SC 90 $16.02 $33,330
Bismarck, ND 90 $27.07 $56,300
Waco, TX 90 $26.38 $54,860
Las Cruces, NM 90 $26.10 $54,280
Jacksonville, NC 80 $27.15 $56,470
Atlantic City, NJ 80 $28.11 $58,460
Cheyenne, WY 80 $29.78 $61,940
Binghamton, NY 80 $29.29 $60,920
Missoula, MT 80 $22.31 $46,400
Lafayette, LA 80 $20.48 $42,600
Utica-Rome, NY 80 $28.91 $60,130
Macon, GA 80 $28.97 $60,270
Charlottesville, VA 80 $25.49 $53,020
St. Cloud, MN 80 $24.18 $50,290
El Centro, CA 70 $26.89 $55,920
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 70 $23.51 $48,910
Lafayette, IN 70 $18.96 $39,430
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 70 $22.92 $47,680
Ann Arbor, MI 70 $24.39 $50,740
Tuscaloosa, AL 70 $23.94 $49,790
Midland, TX 70 $26.61 $55,350
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 70 $25.16 $52,320
College Station-Bryan, TX 70 $27.44 $57,070
Ames, IA 70 $26.09 $54,260
Jefferson City, MO 60 $20.07 $41,740
Monroe, LA 60 $26.63 $55,380
Grand Junction, CO 60 $25.72 $53,510
Chico, CA 60 $21.70 $45,140
Elizabethtown, KY 60 $24.73 $51,440
Erie, PA 60 $25.48 $53,000
Fond du Lac, WI 60 $16.18 $33,650
Green Bay, WI 60 $19.18 $39,890
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 60 $26.14 $54,360
Greenville, NC 60 $23.81 $49,520
Flagstaff, AZ 60 $28.66 $59,610
Iowa City, IA 50 $23.80 $49,500
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 50 $27.35 $56,890
Terre Haute, IN 50 $21.39 $44,500
Wausau, WI 50 $15.18 $31,580
Rochester, MN 50 $27.86 $57,950
Bowling Green, KY 50 $16.38 $34,060
State College, PA 50 $19.29 $40,120
Longview, TX 50 $23.20 $48,250
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 50 $17.44 $36,280
Morristown, TN 50 $22.34 $46,470
Pittsfield, MA 50 $21.85 $45,460
Hattiesburg, MS 50 $30.41 $63,260
Visalia-Porterville, CA 50 $26.63 $55,390
Longview, WA 40 $25.08 $52,170
Farmington, NM 40 $23.55 $48,990
Fort Smith, AR-OK 40 $21.87 $45,490
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 40 $27.17 $56,510
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 40 $22.71 $47,240
Carson City, NV 40 $28.02 $58,270
Rome, GA 40 $25.80 $53,660
Altoona, PA 40 $20.76 $43,170
Mansfield, OH 40 $19.30 $40,140
Brunswick, GA 40 $25.42 $52,880
Owensboro, KY 40 $28.51 $59,300
Pocatello, ID 40 $28.55 $59,390
Danville, VA 40 $21.21 $44,120
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 40 $28.16 $58,580
Lawton, OK 40 $22.26 $46,310
St. George, UT 40 Not available Not available
Yuba City, CA 40 $23.89 $49,680
Santa Fe, NM 30 $21.49 $44,700
Ponce, PR 30 $13.22 $27,490
Winchester, VA-WV 30 $22.91 $47,650
Wenatchee, WA 30 $29.74 $61,860
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 30 $27.59 $57,390
Sherman-Denison, TX 30 $17.76 $36,940
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Not available $23.38 $48,620
Punta Gorda, FL Not available $25.84 $53,760
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Not available $25.66 $53,370
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Not available $27.43 $57,060
Janesville, WI Not available $22.03 $45,820
La Crosse, WI-MN Not available $20.54 $42,720
Bangor, ME Not available $21.54 $44,810
Pueblo, CO Not available $28.70 $59,700
Charleston, WV Not available $21.41 $44,530
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Not available $20.24 $42,090
Wheeling, WV-OH Not available $25.08 $52,170
Casper, WY Not available $26.90 $55,950
Boulder, CO Not available $27.14 $56,460
Flint, MI Not available $27.19 $56,550
Peabody, MA NECTA Division Not available $31.97 $66,490
Greenville, SC Not available $22.42 $46,640
Salinas, CA Not available $28.83 $59,970
New Bedford, MA Not available $26.50 $55,110
Clarksville, TN-KY Not available $26.68 $55,490
Johnson City, TN Not available $19.59 $40,750
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $30.19 $62,790
Amarillo, TX Not available $17.22 $35,820
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division Not available $35.23 $73,280
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Not available $28.43 $59,140
Corpus Christi, TX Not available $20.86 $43,380
Merced, CA Not available $26.40 $54,900
Bay City, MI Not available $27.88 $57,980
Tyler, TX Not available $20.50 $42,640
Wichita Falls, TX Not available $22.69 $47,190
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Not available $12.20 $25,380
Provo-Orem, UT Not available $27.60 $57,410
Gadsden, AL Not available $14.46 $30,070
Dothan, AL Not available $14.49 $30,140
Lynchburg, VA Not available $30.38 $63,180
Billings, MT Not available $26.36 $54,840
Olympia, WA Not available $27.82 $57,870
Gainesville, FL Not available $21.10 $43,900
Lawrence, KS Not available $25.13 $52,270
Rocky Mount, NC Not available $26.54 $55,200
Kokomo, IN Not available $18.97 $39,460
Evansville, IN-KY Not available $23.03 $47,900
Bloomington, IN Not available $25.08 $52,170
Springfield, IL Not available $32.02 $66,610
Peoria, IL Not available $21.32 $44,350
Muncie, IN Not available $19.69 $40,950
Reading, PA Not available $20.88 $43,440
Trenton-Ewing, NJ Not available $28.50 $59,270
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ Not available $30.02 $62,440
Dubuque, IA Not available $21.06 $43,800
Naples-Marco Island, FL Not available $26.77 $55,680
Battle Creek, MI Not available $22.00 $45,750
Dalton, GA Not available $18.61 $38,710
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Not available $27.33 $56,850
Glens Falls, NY Not available $34.03 $70,770
Salem, OR Not available $24.51 $50,980
Medford, OR Not available $25.51 $53,060
Albany, GA Not available $20.53 $42,710
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Not available $16.38 $34,060
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