Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
Repair, install, or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems used in cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, and radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles. May test and analyze network coverage.
11,140 people do this job in the US. $63,520 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 11%
- 0%
- 89%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 11%. Today's estimate: 11%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 30 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 16% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect completed work to ensure all hardware is tight, antennas are level, hangers are properly fastened, proper support is in place, or adequate weather proofing has been installed.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Install all necessary transmission equipment components, including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors, or tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs).Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 7% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Transport equipment to work sites, using utility trucks and equipment trailers.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Bolt equipment into place, using hand or power tools.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 33 min17 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Climb communication towers to install, replace, or repair antennas or auxiliary equipment used to transmit and receive radio waves.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Replace existing antennas with new antennas as directed.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Complete reports related to project status, progress, or other work details, using computer software.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | 98%Half by now | |
| Install, connect, or test underground or aboveground grounding systems.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Install, adjust, and repair stationary and mobile radio transmitting and receiving equipment and two-way radio communication systems. | 3% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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Where this job works
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