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AI Work Index

Headline risk

17%

Moderate Risk

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

United States AI Work Index51-9023

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

101.1 current · 94.3 projectedConfidence medium

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $48K

Median annual wage

Demand -7%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 2

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

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 47,680

Employment 2024

101.1K

Projected Change (2024–34)

-6.8%

Openings (2024–34)

8.8K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 35,00025th pctl: USD 39,800Median: USD 47,68075th pctl: USD 57,940Top 10%: USD 67,570

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent Experience: —

Role Profile

Detail orientedProblem solving and decision makingFine motor

Tasks

  • 1. Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Read work orders to determine production specifications or information. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Clean work areas. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Mix or blend ingredients by starting machines and mixing for specified times. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Stop mixing or blending machines when specified product qualities are obtained and open valves and start pumps to transfer mixtures. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft WordSAP software

Requirements

License required: <15%No education requirement: 34.6%High school diploma: 65.4%On-the-job training: 84.1%Specific vocational preparation: 11.4%Work pace: 21.7%Pace: Control of workload: <20%

Work context

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets 5.0/5
Spend Time Standing 4.7/5
Time Pressure 4.7/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.6/5
Exposed to Contaminants 4.6/5
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate 4.6/5

Worker profile

Median age 40.6 · 55K employed

Under 25: 4% · 25–54: 80% · 55+: 16%

Related

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

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