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Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 1.1% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #221 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +1.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $44,650 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1.4 million in the US, with about 138,700 openings a year
The work, 11 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: Evaluate production inputs or outputs18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes14%
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 areas9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others to use equipment or products9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 494 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Plan work activities8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 720 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Package objects7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate lifting or moving equipment3%
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 101 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 138,700 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
BLS on AIAutomation and collaborative robots are expected to reduce job growth in manufacturing. Source ↗
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 35% of the workElectric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers0% AI does, against 31% here+4.4% by 2035 · $56,210 · High school diploma
- Shares 32% of the workIndustrial Machinery Mechanics8% AI does, against 31% here+17.8% by 2035 · $64,520 · High school diploma
- Shares 32% of the workMaintenance and Repair Workers, General5% AI does, against 31% here+4.2% by 2035 · $49,590 · 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 0.11, higher than 39% 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, 51-2090 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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