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Construction Laborers
Also filed here: Construction worker, Labourer, Laborer, Mason helper
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 7.3% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #628 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +7.3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $47,120 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1.5 million in the US, with about 120,000 openings a year
The work, 22 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: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform general construction or extraction activities9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate pumping systems or equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Install plumbing or piping equipment or systems6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Signal others to coordinate work activities5%
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: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assess characteristics of land or property4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Disassemble equipment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Test sites or materials for environmental hazards3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Direct vehicle traffic2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment2%
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: Dispose of waste or debris2%
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: Set up protective structures or coverings near work areas1%
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 107 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 120,000 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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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 0.03, higher than 6% 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, 47-2061 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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