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Control and Valve Installers and Repairers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 4.3% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #642 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $74,340 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 50,400 in the US, with about 3,600 openings a year
The work, 18 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
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance21%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Disassemble equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Install commercial or production equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,065 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,570 conversations, and it got them there 96% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair electrical or electronic equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Test performance of equipment or systems4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,100 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
AI does this: Process digital or online data3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 136 Copilot conversations and completed it 81% of the time.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
AI helps with this: Investigate criminal or legal matters2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,075 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
Still yours: Cut materials2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair vehicle components1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others to use equipment or products1%
AI performed this in about 1 in 494 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
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 3,600 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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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 0.15, higher than 52% 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, 49-9012 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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