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Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 15.5% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #501 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -15.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $52,720 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1,800 in the US, with about 100 openings a year
The work, 15 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 helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance18%
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 equipment10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems10%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,100 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Install commercial or production equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Fabricate devices or components4%
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.
AI does this: Document technical designs, procedures, or activities3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 779 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters1%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 85 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 100 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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- Shares 52% of the workElectric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers0% AI does, against 10% here+4.4% by 2035 · $56,210 · High school diploma
- Shares 52% of the workMusical Instrument Repairers and Tuners0% AI does, against 10% here+1.9% by 2035 · $46,420 · 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 0.17, higher than 58% 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, 49-9061 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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