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Hoist and Winch Operators
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 0.2% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #555 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +0.2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $56,450 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 3,200 in the US, with about 300 openings a year
The work, 10 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: Operate lifting or moving equipment38%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain vehicles in working condition10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 529 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,065 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools5%
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: Climb equipment or 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 100 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 300 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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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 0.07, higher than 19% 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, 53-7041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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