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Minnesota: 5 metros with trade pay data

Telecom Line Installer pay in Minnesota

Statewide and by city · BLS, May 2025

$73,710statewide median a year
$35.44median an hour
#21of 50 states + DC
1,130telecom line installers employed statewide

Statewide pay Government data

Telecom line installers in Minnesota earn a statewide median of $73,710 a year, 11% above the typical U.S. metro, ranking #21 of 50 states and DC. About 1,130 people work in the trade statewide.

Statewide pay range

$49,580Entry · 10th$58,83025th$73,710Median$88,56075th$96,020Top · 90th

States ranked near Minnesota

Texas$75,740
Montana$75,720
Michigan$74,360
Minnesota$73,710
Nevada$72,230
Illinois$70,700
Colorado$66,020

See all states on the telecom line installers nationwide.

Pay by city Government data

BLS publishes telecom line installer pay for 3 Minnesota metros: Minneapolis, Mankato and St. Cloud.

MinneapolisMINNESOTA · MN$77,160
MankatoMINNESOTA · MN$71,290
St. CloudMINNESOTA · MN$69,820
MetroMedian payReal payJobs
MinneapolisMINNESOTA · MN$77,160$73,611580
MankatoMINNESOTA · MN$71,290$78,37940
St. CloudMINNESOTA · MN$69,820$79,67460

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 Minnesota's rural (nonmetropolitan) regions.

Northwest Minnesota$59,910
Southwest Minnesota$59,910

BLS OEWS nonmetropolitan areas, May 2025.

The job (national)

Blueprint-style drawing of an electrical panel feeding branch circuits, illustrating telecom line installer work in Minnesota
Telecom Line Installer pay in Minnesota: $73,710 statewide median, BLS May 2025.

Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 3.4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,000 openings a year. Typical training: long-term on-the-job training.

Nationally, telecom line installers have 379 injuries or illnesses serious enough to miss work per 10,000 full-time workers, 4.4× 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 line installers deal with each condition, from surveys of workers in the job.

Outdoors, in all kinds of weatherVery often
Indoors with heating and air conditioningSometimes
Very hot or cold conditionsVery often
Working at heightsSometimes
Climbing ladders, scaffolds or polesSometimes
Cramped spaces and awkward positionsOften
Loud noiseOften
Hazardous conditionsOccasionally
Standing, bending, kneeling and walkingOften
SittingOccasionally

Getting started usually takes some preparation (high school plus months of training).

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

Licensing in Minnesota Official source

The main state licensing office in Minnesota is the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. It can point you to the right license for telecom line installers.

Official Minnesota licensing site ↗

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

Union membership

In 2025, 14.1% of wage and salary workers in Minnesota were union members, above the U.S. rate of about 10% (#11 of 51 states and D.C.), and 15.8% were covered by a union contract. These figures cover all jobs in the state, not only telecom line installers.

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

Cities in Minnesota

MinneapolisMINNESOTA · MN+2.6%population since 2020 · 3.7% unemployment
MankatoMINNESOTA · MN+1.2%population since 2020 · 3.3% unemployment
St. CloudMINNESOTA · MN+3.0%population since 2020 · 4.1% unemployment

All trades in Minnesota.

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