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Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 7.8% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #679 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +7.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $49,880 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 31,900 in the US, with about 2,800 openings a year
The work, 17 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: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Maintain facilities or equipment8%
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: Perform general construction or extraction activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities7%
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.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate construction or excavation equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assess characteristics of land or property5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Set up equipment4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 511 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut materials3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Edit written materials or documents2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 162 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials1%
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 108 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 2,800 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 46% of the workHighway Maintenance Workers0% AI does, against 2% here+3.4% by 2035 · $50,260 · High school diploma
- Shares 46% of the workCommercial Divers3% AI does, against 2% here+4.8% by 2035 · $72,990 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 44% of the workAircraft Service Attendants10% AI does, against 2% here+5.6% by 2035 · $40,450 · High school diploma
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 0.09, higher than 28% 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, 47-4071 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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