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Map of New Hampshire showing 1 metro area with skilled trade pay data
New Hampshire: 1 metro with trade pay data

Telecom Equipment Installer pay in New Hampshire

Statewide and by city · BLS, May 2025

$85,240statewide median a year
$40.98median an hour
#3of 50 states + DC
550telecom equipment installers employed statewide

Statewide pay Government data

Telecom equipment installers in New Hampshire earn a statewide median of $85,240 a year, 37% above the typical U.S. metro, ranking #3 of 50 states and DC. About 550 people work in the trade statewide.

Statewide pay range

$61,960Entry · 10th$78,70025th$85,240Median$93,66075th$96,610Top · 90th

States ranked near New Hampshire

Alaska$95,850
North Dakota$90,890
New Hampshire$85,240
Vermont$81,800
Louisiana$80,210
Hawaii$79,250

See all states on the telecom equipment installers nationwide.

Pay by city Government data

BLS publishes telecom equipment installer pay for 1 New Hampshire metro: Manchester.

MetroMedian payReal payJobs
ManchesterNEW HAMPSHIRE · NH$87,160$82,493210

Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (metro-level). Real pay: BEA price parities, 2024. How we calculate

Pay outside the cities Government data

BLS also reports pay for New Hampshire's rural (nonmetropolitan) regions.

Northern New Hampshire$82,720
Central New Hampshire$81,190

BLS OEWS nonmetropolitan areas, May 2025.

The job (national)

Blueprint-style drawing of an electrical panel feeding branch circuits, illustrating telecom equipment installer work in New Hampshire
Telecom Equipment Installer pay in New Hampshire: $85,240 statewide median, BLS May 2025.

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.

Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 3.3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 11,300 openings a year. Typical training: moderate-term on-the-job training.

Nationally, telecom equipment installers have 168 injuries or illnesses serious enough to miss work per 10,000 full-time workers, 1.9× the rate for all jobs (87). The most common cause is overexertion and repetitive strain.

What the work is like Government data

How often telecom equipment installers deal with each condition, from surveys of workers in the job.

Outdoors, in all kinds of weatherOften
Indoors with heating and air conditioningOften
Very hot or cold conditionsOften
Working at heightsOften
Climbing ladders, scaffolds or polesOccasionally
Cramped spaces and awkward positionsSometimes
Loud noiseSometimes
Hazardous conditionsOccasionally
Standing, bending, kneeling and walkingSometimes
SittingOccasionally

Getting started usually takes medium preparation (vocational training or an apprenticeship, often 1–2+ years).

O*NET 31.0 Work Context and Job Zones (U.S. Department of Labor), national.

Licensing in New Hampshire Official source

The main state licensing office in New Hampshire is the New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification. It can point you to the right license for telecom equipment installers.

Official New Hampshire licensing site ↗

Requirements for telecom equipment installers vary by state and sometimes by city; always confirm with the official agency.

Union membership

In 2025, 8.9% of wage and salary workers in New Hampshire were union members, below the U.S. rate of about 10% (#24 of 51 states and D.C.), and 9.9% were covered by a union contract. These figures cover all jobs in the state, not only telecom equipment installers.

BLS Union Members, 2025 (Current Population Survey), table 5.

Cities in New Hampshire

ManchesterNEW HAMPSHIRE · NH+2.5%population since 2020 · 3.5% unemployment

All trades in New Hampshire.

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