Install and repair the power lines and cables that carry electricity from plants to homes and businesses.
Outdoors at heights and in the field; all weather, including storms.
Full-time; on-call and long storm-recovery shifts are common.
May 2024–25 BLS wage data · 2024–34 BLS employment projections.
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High school / no degree
Training path: Paid apprenticeship.
No license required; a commercial driver's license and paid apprenticeship are typical.
You can earn while you train. This field has a genuinely paid pathway in — an apprenticeship, a paid academy, or employer-funded training — so you draw a paycheck instead of taking on debt to learn it.
Storm work pays overtime on top of six-figure potential.
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Standard Occupational Classification 49-9051. Pay, employment, and outlook from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wage survey and 2024–34 employment projections). See something off? Tell us.