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Helpers--Carpenters
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 1.7% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- Joint #685 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -1.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $43,780 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 21,900 in the US, with about 2,000 openings a year
The work, 13 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: Build structures16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform general construction or extraction activities12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble products or work aids6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 222 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Set up protective structures or coverings near work areas2%
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 98 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 2,000 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 55% of the workHelpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters0% AI does, against 0% here+2.4% by 2035 · $42,360 · High school diploma
- Shares 54% of the workStonemasons0% AI does, against 0% here-5.4% by 2035 · $57,390 · High school diploma
- Shares 53% of the workCarpenters7% AI does, against 0% here+3.9% by 2035 · $60,580 · 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 0.03, higher than 6% 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, 47-3012 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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