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Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 11.7% 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
- -11.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $51,320 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 18,700 in the US, with about 1,200 openings a year
The work, 11 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: Disassemble equipment18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Fabricate devices or components10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Set up equipment8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 511 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Maintain facilities or equipment4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,312 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings1%
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 88 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 1,200 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 41% of the workRefractory Materials Repairers0% AI does, against 0% here-13.7% by 2035 · $61,290 · High school diploma
- Shares 37% of the workRail Car Repairers0% AI does, against 0% here+2.6% by 2035 · $67,530 · High school diploma
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 0.04, higher than 9% 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, 49-9094 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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