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Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 5.6% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #600 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -5.6% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $65,380 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 34,400 in the US, with about 3,100 openings a year
The work, 23 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Assemble products or work aids13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate industrial processing or production equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Clean workpieces, finished products, or other objects6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Shape materials to create products5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair workpieces or products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Set up equipment3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 511 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Mark materials or objects for identification3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Operate cutting or grinding equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Signal others to coordinate work activities2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,570 conversations, and it got them there 96% of the time.
Still yours: Sort materials or products2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment1%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
Still yours: Position workpieces or materials on equipment1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniques1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 94 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 3,100 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.05, higher than 13% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 51-2011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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