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Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.3% 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
- +2.3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $47,880 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 38,300 in the US, with about 3,800 openings a year
The work, 17 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 vehicles11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Disassemble equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems5%
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: Repair vehicle components5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
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: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain vehicles in working condition5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Estimate project development or operational costs4%
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: Train others to use equipment or products4%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Sell products or services3%
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 3,800 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 58% of the workAutomotive Service Technicians and Mechanics9% AI does, against 0% here+5% by 2035 · $50,620 · Postsecondary certificate
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 0.04, higher than 9% 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, 49-3053 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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