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Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 5.7% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #544 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $109,910 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 24,700 in the US, with about 1,900 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
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment19%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Install commercial or production equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair electrical or electronic equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standards4%
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: Maintain operational records4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,100 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
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: Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniques3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials2%
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 106 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 1,900 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.
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- Shares 51% of the workHelpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers0% AI does, against 8% here+5.3% by 2035 · $39,630 · High school diploma
- Shares 44% of the workElectric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers0% AI does, against 8% here+4.4% by 2035 · $56,210 · 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 0.06, higher than 16% 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, 47-4021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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