Headline risk
3%
Very Low RiskBoilermakers
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Weighted task overlap from O*NET
Median annual from BLS OEWS
BLS employment projections
O*NET job zone level
Occupation profile
Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.
Task evidence
92% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Method contract
structural_pressure = exposure × (1 - bottleneck)
headline_risk = structural_pressure × (1 - country_demand_resilience)
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 73,340
Employment 2024
10.4K
Projected Change
-2.4%
Openings
0.8K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of boilermakers is projected to grow 2 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers.
- 2. Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired. AI 0%
- 3. Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects. AI 0%
- 4. Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts. AI 0%
- 5. Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents. AI 0%
- 6. Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery. AI 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 48.6 · 108K employed
Under 25: 2% · 25–54: 63% · 55+: 36%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Boilermakers assemble, install, maintain, and repair boilers, closed vats, and other large vessels or containers that hold liquids and gases.
Boilermakers do physically demanding work. They may travel to worksites and be away from home for extended periods.
Boilermakers typically learn their trade through an apprenticeship program.
The median annual wage for boilermakers was $73,340 in May 2024.
Employment of boilermakers is projected to grow 2 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.