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Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.8% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #685 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $57,660 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 22,900 in the US, with about 1,500 openings a year
The work, 10 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: Apply decorative finishes26%
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: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform general construction or extraction activities10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Set up protective structures or coverings near work areas8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Determine resource needs of projects or operations7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,590 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Fabricate devices or components3%
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 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 1,500 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.
- Shares 52% of the workPainters, Construction and Maintenance10% AI does, against 0% here+3% by 2035 · $49,400 · No formal credential
- Shares 48% of the workHelpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons0% AI does, against 0% here+1.5% by 2035 · $40,470 · No formal credential
- Shares 44% of the workTerrazzo Workers and Finishers0% AI does, against 0% here-13% by 2035 · $76,170 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
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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 0.10, higher than 34% 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, 47-2161 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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