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Calibration Technologists and Technicians
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 4.8% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #192 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $67,820 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 17,000 in the US, with about 1,500 openings a year
The work, 18 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
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: Inspect facilities or equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,100 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
AI does this: Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 237 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI helps with this: Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 903 conversations, and it got them there 86% of the time.
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,089 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Plan work activities6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 720 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Disassemble equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Fabricate devices or components6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,196 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Repair workpieces or products6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Present research or technical information6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 30 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 105 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 1,500 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 39% of the workMarine Engineers and Naval Architects27% AI does, against 34% here+6.7% by 2035 · $112,230 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 37% of the workElectro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians10% AI does, against 34% here+2.6% by 2035 · $73,900 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 36% of the workMedical Equipment Repairers2% AI does, against 34% here+12.6% by 2035 · $61,660 · Associate’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
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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 0.26, higher than 83% 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, 17-3028 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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