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Bridge and Lock Tenders
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.3% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- Joint #685 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -2.3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $57,700 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 3,100 in the US, with about 300 openings a year
The work, 12 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: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles21%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance20%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct vehicle traffic11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Notify others of emergencies or problems7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor traffic conditions5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate pumping systems or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Schedule operational activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Tend watercraft2%
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 98 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 300 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
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- Shares 44% of the workBus Drivers, School16% AI does, against 0% here+0.7% by 2035 · $47,920 · High school diploma
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 0.00, higher than 0% 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, 53-6011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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