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Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 13% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- Joint #685 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -13% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $76,170 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1,200 in the US, with about 100 openings a year
The work, 20 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 activities13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions11%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
AI helps with this: Apply decorative finishes11%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,208 conversations, and it got them there 62% of the time.
Still yours: Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Plan work activities4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 482 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Build structures4%
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: Move materials, equipment, or supplies3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate construction or excavation equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble products or work aids1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Disassemble equipment1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Signal others to coordinate work activities1%
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 87 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 100 openings a year as people 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 52% of the workHelpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters7% AI does, against 0% here-11.7% by 2035 · $47,550 · 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 0.08, higher than 24% 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, 47-2053 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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