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Career Outlook

Power delivery is a robust, vibrant, growing industry that provides rewarding careers to hundreds of thousands of individuals. As illustrated below, employment prospects continue to look up for the foreseeable future.

A CAREER THAT CAN’T BE OUTSOURCED

+ increased retirements + increased customer reliance on electricity + increased installation and maintenance of the power grid + increased domestic and global initiatives to develop and utilize more clean energy sources

= 114,000+ TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINEWORKERS NATIONWIDE

OCCUPATION

49-9051 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052 Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 43-5041 Meter Readers, Utilities 49-2095 Electrical and Electronic Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 1

47-2073 Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 2

49-9081 Wind Turbine Service Technicians 49-9097 Signal and Track Switch Repairers 49-9098 Helpers–Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 51-8099 Plant and System Operators, All Other 37-3013 Tree Trimmers and Pruners 47-2111 Electricians 47-2231 Solar Photovoltaic Installers 47-3013 Helpers–Electricians 49-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 53-7021 Crane and Tower Operators 49-2021 Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

HOURLY BY PERCENTILE

10th 25th Median 75th 90th

$18.80 $26.08 $36.07 $45.47 $52.11 $16.43 $19.74 $28.30 $39.44 $47.04 $12.69 $15.43 $20.16 $28.10 $35.37 $26.29 $33.09 $41.03 $47.78 $52.94 $15.85 $18.82 $23.93 $31.56 $41.93 $19.47 $22.25 $27.03 $33.13 $40.18 $22.66 $31.38 $36.64 $40.57 $46.63 $10.40 $12.79 $15.27 $18.93 $24.05 $16.94 $21.79 $28.35 $34.26 $40.29 $13.23 $16.06 $19.88 $25.25 $31.02 $16.26 $20.57 $27.36 $36.24 $47.46 $15.67 $18.20 $22.34 $26.81 $31.06 $11.67 $13.54 $16.27 $19.33 $24.06 $20.40 $26.06 $33.77 $42.81 $52.62 $16.43 $21.28 $28.71 $36.63 $46.07 $15.60 $20.18 $27.75 $37.92 $47.01

Occupation wage data reflects numbers reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as of May 2020. For more details on the occupations listed above, search the Occupational Outlook Handbook at: bls.gov/ooh/

1. This occupation encompasses the title of Substation Helper. 2. This occupation encompasses the title of Equipment Helper.

career outlook (continued)

NLC is proud of its graduates, and prouder still of our strong employment statistics. Quality of education, employment assistance, and relationships with utility and construction companies (combined with student determination and persistence in pursuing employment) are the determining factors behind these strong results. With experience and ambition, advancement opportunities in the power-delivery industry are abundant. Graduates of NLC have progressed in careers such as these:

• Pre-Apprentice Lineworker • Utility Worker • Communications Installer • Warehouse Assistant • Meter Reader • Meter Technician • Substation Technician • Groundman • Equipment Operator • Transmission and Distribution Tech • Crew Leader • Superintendent • Project Director • Safety/Training Director • Engineer • System Operator • Construction Company Owner • Solar Technician

LINEMAN.EDU

Our website at lineman.edu displays the percentage of students employed in the trade as a result of the education they received at NLC. The data combines averages from the Idaho, California, Texas, and Florida campuses, all of which share similar results.

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