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title: "Electrical and Electronics Installer and Repairer, Transportation Equipment"
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# Electrical and Electronics Installer and Repairer, Transportation Equipment

**Category:** Installation, Maintenance, and Repair · **SOC code:** 49-2093 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 49-2093.00

Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.

Also advertised as: Critical Systems Technician; Electronic Bench Technician; Electronics Mechanic; Locomotive Electrician; Power Technician (Power Tech); Ship Yard Electrical Person.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $84,890 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $40.81/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $50,750 to $116,810, with the middle half between $63,560 and $98,850
- **Total US employment:** 6,940
- **Typical entry education:** Certificate
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +5.4% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 500 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 56/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 6,940 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $50,750 |
| 25th | $63,560 |
| 50th (median) | $84,890 |
| 75th | $98,850 |
| 90th | $116,810 |
| Mean (average) | $83,300 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WA | $122,140 | $114,136 | 230 |
| OR | $104,410 | $101,015 | 160 |
| NV | $102,210 | $102,231 | 120 |
| KS | $99,420 | $110,383 | 60 |
| MD | $98,850 | $94,180 | 290 |
| CO | $96,680 | $93,817 | 70 |
| MT | $96,560 | $102,023 | 50 |
| IL | $93,300 | $93,339 | 140 |
| VA | $87,860 | $86,901 | 240 |
| NY | $87,360 | $80,948 | 500 |
| TX | $86,520 | $89,143 | 580 |
| CA | $84,820 | $76,608 | 1,480 |
| PA | $84,750 | $86,859 | 40 |
| AZ | $84,110 | $83,544 | 50 |
| NM | $83,470 | $90,520 | 30 |

14 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 29 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronics-installer-and-repairer-transportation-equipment/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/electrical-and-electronics-installer-and-repairer-transportation-equipment.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 6,600 in the 2025–2035 base year to 6,900 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 400 jobs, or +5.4%. Faster than average: 5.4% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 500 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Postsecondary nondegree award (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Some preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Moderate-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 47.7% |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 28.3% |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 14.4% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 9.6% |

## What the work involves

- Refer to schematics and manufacturers' specifications that show connections and provide instructions on how to locate problems.
- Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures, outlets, and equipment.
- Reassemble and test equipment after repairs.
- Install new fuses, electrical cables, or power sources as required.
- Locate and remove or repair circuit defects such as blown fuses or malfunctioning transistors.
- Inspect and test electrical systems and equipment to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections, testing devices, and computer software.
- Install fixtures, outlets, terminal boards, switches, and wall boxes, using hand tools.
- Maintain equipment service records.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Critical Thinking — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 2.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Operations Monitoring — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Quality Control Analysis — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Repairing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operation and Control — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Equipment Maintenance — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Engineering and Technology — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mechanical — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Design — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Arm-Hand Steadiness — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Manual Dexterity — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Finger Dexterity — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Visual Color Discrimination — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Realistic (R), Conventional (C), Investigative (I).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| R — Realistic | 7.00 |
| C — Conventional | 4.83 |
| I — Investigative | 3.38 |
| S — Social | 1.15 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.02 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 92.2 |
| ISTP | 80.0 |
| ISFJ | 74.6 |
| ESTJ | 72.3 |
| INTJ | 71.2 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Electrical and Electronics Repairer, Commercial and Industrial Equipment](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronics-repairer-commercial-and-industrial-equipment) — median $74,090
- [Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronic-engineering-technologist-and-technician) — median $78,190
- [Avionics Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/avionics-technician) — median $82,280
- [Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electric-motor-power-tool-and-related-repairer) — median $56,210
- [Electrical and Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronics-repairer-powerhouse-substation-and-relay) — median $103,020
- [Calibration Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/calibration-technologist-and-technician) — median $67,820
- [Lighting Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lighting-technician) — median $68,060
- [Control and Valve Installer and Repairer, Except Mechanical Door](https://nuecareer.com/careers/control-and-valve-installer-and-repairer) — median $74,340
- [Robotics Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/robotics-technician) — median $73,900
- [Electronic Equipment Installer and Repairer, Motor Vehicles](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electronic-equipment-installer-and-repairer-motor-vehicles) — median $48,420

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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