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Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 3.2% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #577 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $61,810 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 14,000 in the US, with about 1,400 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: Operate construction or excavation equipment24%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Test sites or materials for environmental hazards10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine operational methods or procedures7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 461 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate lifting or moving equipment3%
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: Direct construction or extraction activities2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Implement procedures or processes2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 88 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 1,400 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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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 0.04, higher than 10% 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, 47-5041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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