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Millwrights
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 0.9% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #685 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +0.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $65,700 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 40,700 in the US, with about 3,200 openings a year
The work, 18 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: Assemble equipment or components14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Fabricate devices or components7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniques6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Disassemble equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities4%
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.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies4%
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: Drill holes in earth or materials3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate industrial processing or production equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Diagnose system or equipment problems3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 245 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems2%
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: Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Set up computer systems, networks, or other information systems1%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 871 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 101 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 3,200 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
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- Shares 46% of the workMechanical Door Repairers3% AI does, against 0% here+6.4% by 2035 · $55,720 · 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 17% 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, 49-9044 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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