Telecommunications line installers and repairers job market in Wisconsin

Limited local data: at least one local trend covers only 6.32% of this occupation's industry mix. These figures describe the industries with published data. Read each trend alongside its state data coverage.

Limited industry data for telecommunications line installers and repairers in Wisconsin

In early 2026, employment in the available industry data was up 0.6% from a year earlier, compared with a 0.1% increase nationwide.

These are industry-wide trends, not a count of jobs in this occupation or current openings.

+0.6%Industry employmentU.S. +0.1%State data coverage: 6.32%
+5.2%EstablishmentsU.S. +2.6%State data coverage: 6.32%
+2.8%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +4.1%State data coverage: 7.75%
20,385Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 92.3%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Telecommunications line installers and repairers in Wisconsin

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Wisconsin series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Telecommunications line installers and repairers in Wisconsin, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterWisconsinState data coverage
2024 Q2+1.0%100%
2024 Q3+0.6%100%
2024 Q4+0.3%100%
2025 Q1-0.1% Below coverage floor7.75%
2025 Q2+0.5%100%
2025 Q3+0.4%100%
2025 Q4+0.5%100%
2026 Q1+0.6% Below coverage floor6.32%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Telecommunications line installers and repairers in Wisconsin
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Information62.7%Not published3,754$2,255
Construction29.4%Not published16,631$1,571
Professional and business services4.1%+1.3%39,659$1,765
State and local1.6%-0.7%6,325$1,175
Trade, transportation, and utilities1.4%Not published38,139$1,120
Manufacturing0.3%-0.9%8,601$1,513
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
BLS publication date
August 28, 2026
Source verification
Verified September 17, 2026
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The publication date above is the official BLS news release date for this reference quarter, linked to the notice. The values match the snapshot independently checked against BLS sources on September 17, 2026. The publication date identifies the quarterly news release, not the exact revision date. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Telecommunications line installers and repairers. These figures describe the industries that employ Telecommunications line installers and repairers; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Telecommunications line installers and repairers report and about the data.