Utah·Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations·SOC 49-2022

Best Telecommunications Equipment Installer programs in Utah, ranked by enrollment

Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends.

1 schools in Utah run programs that feed this job, graduating 13 people a year. The job pays a median of $65,650 in Utah across about 2,160 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledService TechnicianCentral Office TechnicianInstall and Repair TechnicianTelecommunications TechnicianWirerSplicerInstallerSwitchman
Graduates / yr
13
in Utah
Median pay · Utah
$65,650
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
2,160
people employed
Schools
1
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
53%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Utah that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Utah that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Utah (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Utah page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 47.0103In Utah
13
100.0%
1$37,415$9,500

Top 1 schools in Utah

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 1 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Ogden - Weber Technical College
Ogden, UT Public · 1 feeder programs
13Communications Systems Installation and Repair Technology/Technician53%

All 1 schools in Utah

Every school in Utah with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Utah that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Ogden - Weber Technical CollegeOgdenPublic131

What telecommunications equipment installers and repairers earn in Utah

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Utah
$65,650
Mean annual
$68,010
Jobs in state
2,160
What the range looks like
10th pct$47,110Median$65,65090th pct$89,180
Versus the national median
+2.8%

U.S. median $63,890. Utah pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.37×

Concentrated here: Utah employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Utah

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
$80,000median
1,180 jobs
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
$61,330median
310 jobs
St. George, UT
$61,100median
120 jobs
Ogden, UT
$60,810median
270 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-4.2%
Decline
Openings per year
13,200
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-6,600
156,900 → 150,400
Typical entry education
Postsecondary nondegree award
Plus moderate-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers page.

How to become a Telecommunications Equipment Installer

Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0
Typical entry education
Postsecondary nondegree award
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Top skills

Critical ThinkingActive ListeningMonitoringReading ComprehensionSpeakingActive Learning

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Utah

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 47.0103Communications Systems Installation and Repair Technology/Technician

Common questions

Answers for people weighing telecommunications equipment installers and repairers programs in Utah.

What degree do you need to become a Telecommunications Equipment Installer?+

Postsecondary nondegree award is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Communications Systems Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, which awarded 13 degrees in Utah in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Telecommunications Equipment Installer?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 13 people a year in Utah.

How much do telecommunications equipment installers and repairers earn in Utah?+

The median is $65,650 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 2.8% above the U.S. median of $63,890. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for telecommunications equipment installers and repairers growing?+

BLS projects a -4.2% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 13,200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Utah?+

1 institutions in Utah reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do telecommunications equipment installers and repairers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Service Technician, Central Office Technician, Install and Repair Technician, Telecommunications Technician among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 49-2022.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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