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Solar Photovoltaic Installers
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 36.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #240 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +36.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $53,140 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 31,100 in the US, with about 4,200 openings a year
The work, 13 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: Install energy or heating equipment23%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine operational methods or procedures19%
AI performed this in about 1 in 461 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Evaluate green technologies or processes14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment8%
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: Install commercial or production equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Mark materials or objects for identification4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,100 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records3%
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 137 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 4,200 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 37% of the workPlumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters7% AI does, against 30% here+6.8% by 2035 · $63,800 · High school diploma
- Shares 34% of the workHeating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers6% AI does, against 30% here+10.9% by 2035 · $61,010 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 25% of the workElevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers8% AI does, against 30% here+5.7% by 2035 · $109,910 · High school diploma
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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 0.16, higher than 56% 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, 47-2231 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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