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Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.
What an electrical power-line installers and repairer does
Become an electrical power-line installers and repairer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good electrical power-line installers and repairer
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $51 per hour with an average salary of $105,900 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $47 and $58 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $97,800 and $120,300 per year.
Electrical Power-Line Installers And Repairer job outlook
- There are 2,495 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 237 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.