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	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	Audio and Video Technicians	Computer Network Support Specialists	Network and Computer Systems Administrators
SUMMARY	43% Moderate Risk	31% Low Risk	25% Low Risk	34% Low Risk	36% Low Risk	29% Low Risk
JOB SCORE	4.9/10	5.4/10	6.6/10	5.2/10	4.2/10	4.9/10
POLLING	36% (Low Risk, Based on 52 votes)	26% (Low Risk, Based on 51 votes)	29% (Low Risk, Based on 33 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 101 votes)	55% (Moderate Risk, Based on 125 votes)	49% (Moderate Risk, Based on 834 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-4.2%	-0.8%	8.6%	3.3%	1.8%	-4.2%
WAGES	$62,630 or $30.11 per hour	$71,300 or $34.28 per hour	$64,190 or $30.86 per hour	$54,830 or $26.36 per hour	$73,340 or $35.26 per hour	$96,800 or $46.53 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	153,890	59,990	11,400	70,080	146,450	318,570
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DESCRIPTION	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.	Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.	Repair, install, or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems used in cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, and radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles. May test and analyze network coverage.	Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or recorded events, such as concerts, meetings, conventions, presentations, podcasts, news conferences, and sporting events.	Analyze, test, troubleshoot, and evaluate existing network systems, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), cloud networks, servers, and other data communications networks. Perform network maintenance to ensure networks operate correctly with minimal interruption.	Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.

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