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Carpenters
Also filed here: Carpenter, Woodworker
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 3.9% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #566 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $60,580 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 889,700 in the US, with about 62,800 openings a year
The work, 25 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: Build structures23%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment6%
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: Position materials or components for assembly6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect facilities or equipment5%
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.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct construction or extraction activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble products or work aids3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Apply decorative finishes3%
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: Maintain operational records3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 529 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare industrial materials for processing or use2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform general construction or extraction activities2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Estimate project development or operational costs1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions1%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniques1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components1%
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 104 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 62,800 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 40% of the workCement Masons and Concrete Finishers0% AI does, against 7% here+1.6% by 2035 · $57,020 · No formal credential
- Shares 39% of the workPaperhangers0% AI does, against 7% here+4.3% by 2035 · $52,140 · No formal credential
- Shares 39% of the workRoofers0% AI does, against 7% here+5.3% by 2035 · $55,440 · 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 0.06, higher than 15% 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, 47-2031 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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