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AI Work Index

Headline risk

1%

Very Low Risk

Commercial divers

United States AI Work IndexISCO 7541title_match

United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.

4.2 current · 4.5 projectedConfidence high

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $61K

Median annual wage

Demand 9%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 3

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Work below surface of water, using surface-supplied air or scuba equipment to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, or photograph structures or marine life.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage

Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 61,130

Employment 2024

4.2K

Projected Change (2024–34)

8.5%

Openings (2024–34)

0.4K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 39,13025th pctl: USD 49,370Median: USD 61,13075th pctl: USD 93,840Top 10%: USD 152,580

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: Postsecondary nondegree award Experience: —

Role Profile

Detail orientedAdaptabilityProblem solving and decision making

Tasks

  • 1. Take appropriate safety precautions, such as monitoring dive lengths and depths and registering with authorities before diving expeditions begin. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Check and maintain diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, or gauges. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Communicate with workers on the surface while underwater, using signal lines or telephones. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Obtain information about diving tasks and environmental conditions. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Recover objects by placing rigging around sunken objects, hooking rigging to crane lines, and operating winches, derricks, or cranes to raise objects. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Inspect the condition of underwater steel or wood structures. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Diving logbook softwareDiving table softwareDynamic positioning DP softwareRemote operated vehicle ROV dive log softwareWeb browser software

Requirements

License required: 21.3%License required: 78.7%Apprenticeship: 6.0%Apprenticeship: 94.0%Certificate: 10.0%Certificate: 90.0%

Work context

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets 4.7/5
Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions 4.6/5
Contact With Others 4.6/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.5/5
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team 4.5/5
Health and Safety of Other Workers 4.4/5

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