Headline risk
3%
Very Low RiskHelpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
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
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.
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 38,860
Employment 2024
98.7K
Projected Change (2024–34)
2.3%
Openings (2024–34)
11.8K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Projections published, but no prose outlook available.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Examine and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects to ensure proper functioning. AI use: 0%
- 2. Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools. AI use: 0%
- 3. Tend and observe equipment and machinery to verify efficient and safe operation. AI use: 0%
- 4. Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools. AI use: 0%
- 5. Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment. AI use: 0%
- 6. Disassemble broken or defective equipment to facilitate repair and reassemble equipment when repairs are complete. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 43.0 · 211K employed
Under 25: 13% · 25–54: 59% · 55+: 27%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
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
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
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.