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Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 1% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #627 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $42,770 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 41,200 in the US, with about 4,500 openings a year
The work, 19 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: Maintain tools or equipment15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position workpieces or materials on equipment11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance11%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment9%
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: Inspect characteristics or conditions of materials or products8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,462 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Operate cutting or grinding equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Sort materials or products3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Set up equipment3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 511 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
AI does this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 529 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Shape materials to create products2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Remove workpieces from production equipment2%
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 99 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 4,500 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 65% of the workWoodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders10% AI does, against 5% here-2.5% by 2035 · $43,380 · High school diploma
- Shares 63% of the workMultiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic9% AI does, against 5% here+0.6% by 2035 · $47,180 · High school diploma
- Shares 60% of the workLathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic12% AI does, against 5% here-11.3% by 2035 · $50,620 · High school diploma
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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 0.11, higher than 36% 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, 51-7041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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