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Series 2504

Wire Communications Cable Splicing

Cable splicers who install, splice, and repair telephone and data cables. Jobs are with the Air Force.

Plain-language description based on the OPM series definition.

2500 Wire Communications Equipment Installation and Maintenance Family · Federal Wage System (trades)

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At a glance

Job postings, last 12 months
13
Open now
4
Trend (last 3 months vs. 3 before)
Not enough data
Demand score
26/100
Remote opportunity score
Not enough data
Veteran opportunity score
100/100

What these scores mean

Grades and pay

Typical grades

WG-1 to WG-15

Most common promotion potential: WG-10

WG pay plan, used by 69% of this series' postings.

Typical posted salary range

$59,938 to $100,384 per year

Median of the yearly salary ranges in posted announcements.

Who can apply

Share of job postings in the last 12 months, by who the announcement was open to.

Open to the public
31%
Federal employees and other special groups only
69%
Listed a veterans hiring path
69%
Telework eligible (open now)
0%
Fully remote (open now)
0%

Who is hiring and where

Top hiring departments

  1. Department of the Air Force (13)

Top states

  1. Alaska (5)
  2. Mississippi (2)
  3. New Mexico (1)
  4. Ohio (1)

Hiring patterns

Based on job announcements since Mar 2017. How patterns are calculated

Postings by fiscal year

The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30. Fiscal years 2025 and 2026 include the government-wide hiring freeze that began in January 2025.

Job announcements for series 2504 by fiscal year
Fiscal year Postings
FY 2018 34
FY 2019 33
FY 2020 19
FY 2021 18
FY 2022 11
FY 2023 18
FY 2024 17
FY 2025 11
FY 2026 11

Postings by month, last 12 months

Job announcements for series 2504 opened each month
Month Postings
Dec 2025 0
Jan 2026 0
Feb 2026 1
Mar 2026 6
Apr 2026 2
May 2026 0
Jun 2026 0
Jul 2026 0
Aug 2026 2
Sep 2026 0
Oct 2026 1
Nov 2026 (month to date) 1

About this data

Job numbers come from the USAJOBS API: 244,223 job announcements opened from December 1, 2025 to November 15, 2026, plus 12,260 announcements open on November 15, 2026. Canceled announcements are not counted. Series descriptions summarize the OPM Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families.

These figures describe posted job announcements, not hiring outcomes. Always read the official announcement and its qualification requirements before applying. How the scores are calculated.