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Tapers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 1.6% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #582 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -1.6% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $68,270 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 15,800 in the US, with about 900 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: Perform general construction or extraction activities16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Climb equipment or structures7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 529 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate production inputs or outputs5%
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 98 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 900 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
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- Shares 40% of the workCement Masons and Concrete Finishers0% AI does, against 6% here+1.6% by 2035 · $57,020 · No formal credential
- Shares 31% of the workFloor Layers0% AI does, against 6% here+9% by 2035 · $56,460 · No formal credential
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 0.05, higher than 12% 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, 47-2082 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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