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Home Appliance Repairers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 1.9% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #447 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +1.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $50,990 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 40,500 in the US, with about 2,800 openings a year
The work, 26 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 equipment8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems6%
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: 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: Position tools or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
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: Assemble equipment or components4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 502 conversations, and it got them there 54% of the time.
Still yours: Collect fares or payments4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Estimate project development or operational costs3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Disassemble equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Train others to use equipment or products3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 494 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Install plumbing or piping equipment or systems2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Coordinate with others to resolve problems2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 738 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Install commercial or production equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment1%
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: Cut materials1%
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 102 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 2,800 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.
- Shares 52% of the workElectric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers0% AI does, against 13% here+4.4% by 2035 · $56,210 · High school diploma
- Shares 50% of the workIndustrial Machinery Mechanics8% AI does, against 13% here+17.8% by 2035 · $64,520 · High school diploma
- Shares 49% of the workMobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics4% AI does, against 13% here+6.7% by 2035 · $65,510 · 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 0.12, higher than 42% 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, 49-9031 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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