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Telecommunications

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Telecommunications is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 147 occupations that together employ about 40,519,780 workers, with a median wage of $51,880. Its reach across the occupation map is high. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 45th percentile of AI task-exposure ( moderate) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Telecommunications, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Fast Food and Counter Workers 3,780,930 $30,480
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 3,282,010 $93,600
Cashiers 3,148,030 $31,190
Waiters and Waitresses 2,302,690 $33,760
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 2,199,900 $35,930
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2,070,480 $57,440
Nursing Assistants 1,388,430 $39,530
Security Guards 1,241,770 $38,370
Light Truck Drivers 994,410 $44,140
Receptionists and Information Clerks 964,530 $37,230
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 857,630 $43,190
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 854,910 $34,660
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 830,760 $44,640
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 666,990 $76,290
Wind Energy Operations Managers 630,980 $136,550
Nannies 520,180 $32,050
Pharmacy Technicians 487,920 $43,460
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 481,300 $38,470
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Information Security Engineers 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Billing and Posting Clerks 417,500 $47,170
Driver/Sales Workers 417,420 $37,130
Counter and Rental Clerks 398,620 $38,540
Compliance Officers 397,770 $78,420
Bus Drivers, School 387,920 $47,040
Correctional Officers and Jailers 365,380 $57,970
Postal Service Mail Carriers 336,040 $57,490
Firefighters 332,240 $59,530
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Urologists 315,360 —
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 303,620 $46,180
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 271,780 $34,460
Parts Salespersons 265,060 $37,440
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 261,430 $34,270
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 229,630 $36,670
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 223,460 $77,660
Geothermal Technicians 183,690 $48,640
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 177,010 $130,390
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 170,010 $47,700
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 157,310 $43,830
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 156,260 $51,500
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 154,540 $54,140
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 153,890 $62,630
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 148,980 $57,440
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,450 $73,340
Media Programming Directors 145,270 $83,480
Media Technical Directors/Managers 145,270 $83,480
Producers and Directors 145,270 $83,480
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 143,590 $33,720
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 141,090 $37,700
Security Managers 141,090 $104,690
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 139,180 $48,350
Psychiatric Technicians 136,300 $42,590
Parking Attendants 134,650 $34,600
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 123,680 $92,560
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 114,190 $37,320
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that need Telecommunications. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Nursing Assistants Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors Firefighters Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers Psychiatric Technicians Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Bus Drivers, School Security Managers Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Parts Salespersons Producers and Directors Wind Energy Operations Managers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Telecommunications, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

  • O*NET knowledge area 147

Datasets behind this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Telecommunications." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/telecommunications

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Telecommunications. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/telecommunications

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-telecommunications,
  title  = {Telecommunications},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/telecommunications}
}

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