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Roof Bolters, Mining
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 18.9% 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
- -18.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $78,540 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 2,200 in the US, with about 100 openings a year
The work, 8 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: Build structures31%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate construction or excavation equipment14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Set up equipment13%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 511 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Test sites or materials for environmental hazards7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products7%
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 81 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 100 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.
- Shares 45% of the workContinuous Mining Machine Operators7% AI does, against 0% here+3.2% by 2035 · $61,810 · No formal credential
- Shares 44% of the workHelpers--Roofers0% AI does, against 0% here-0.1% by 2035 · $44,160 · No formal credential
- Shares 38% of the workOperating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators12% AI does, against 0% here+4.6% by 2035 · $59,850 · 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 0.05, higher than 11% 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, 47-5043 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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