Commercial divers

United States AI Work Index49-9092

AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.

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%Apprenticeship: 6.0%Certificate: 10.0%No education requirement: 33.6%High school diploma: 59.4%Associate's degree: 6.8%On-the-job training: 50.74%

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

No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.

Browse roles