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AI Work Index

Headline risk

14%

Low Risk

Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders

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

28.7 current · 27.9 projectedConfidence medium

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $47K

Median annual wage

Demand -3%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 2

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 5% effective coverage

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

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 46,890

Employment 2024

28.7K

Projected Change (2024–34)

-2.5%

Openings (2024–34)

2.7K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 35,38025th pctl: USD 38,990Median: USD 46,89075th pctl: USD 58,440Top 10%: USD 65,980

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent Experience: —

Role Profile

Detail orientedFine motorAdaptability

Tasks

  • 1. Observe operation of equipment to ensure continuity of flow, safety, and efficient operation, and to detect malfunctions. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Notify supervisors of needed repairs. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps and conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Clean work areas. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment that crushes, grinds, polishes, or blends materials. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft WordSAP softwareEmail softwareSpreadsheet software

Requirements

License required: <15%License required: >85%

Work context

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets 5.0/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.8/5
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls 4.3/5
Freedom to Make Decisions 4.1/5
Health and Safety of Other Workers 4.0/5
Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment 4.0/5

Worker profile

Median age 40.6 · 55K employed

Under 25: 4% · 25–54: 80% · 55+: 16%

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

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