← All 785 jobsFile 49-9051
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 10.3% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #644 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +10.3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $95,320 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 131,900 in the US, with about 10,900 openings a year
The work, 17 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: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools16%
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: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems7%
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: Perform general construction or extraction activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniques5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Climb equipment or structures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair electrical or electronic equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate lifting or moving equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Install commercial or production equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures3%
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 110 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 10,900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
BLS on AIAI and data center growth is expected to raise electricity demand and support employment. Source ↗
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 56% of the workTelecommunications Line Installers and Repairers5% AI does, against 4% here-3.4% by 2035 · $74,330 · High school diploma
- Shares 50% of the workElectrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment5% AI does, against 4% here+5.4% by 2035 · $84,890 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 49% of the workElectronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles5% AI does, against 4% here-14.5% by 2035 · $48,420 · 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 0.11, higher than 37% 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, 49-9051 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
Check another job.
Know someone in this job? Send them the file.