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Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 3.9% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #685 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $35,830 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 419,500 in the US, with about 51,500 openings a year
The work, 16 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: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas32%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate pumping systems or equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect vehicles6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform general construction or extraction activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Operate industrial processing or production equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Notify others of emergencies or problems4%
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: Maintain vehicles in working condition3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools3%
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: Move materials, equipment, or supplies3%
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 104 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 51,500 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 51% of the workJanitors and Cleaners13% AI does, against 0% here+2.2% by 2035 · $36,840 · No formal credential
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- Shares 39% of the workMaids and Housekeeping Cleaners0% AI does, against 0% here+0.6% by 2035 · $35,510 · No formal credential
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 0.04, higher than 8% 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, 53-7061 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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