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Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
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
- #469 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
- $58,870 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 12,800 in the US, with about 1,300 openings a year
The work, 20 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: Assemble equipment or components10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,570 conversations, and it got them there 96% of the time.
AI does this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect facilities or equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate pumping systems or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position tools or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
Still yours: Operate lifting or moving equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Test characteristics of materials or products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Mark materials or objects for identification4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain vehicles in working condition4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate industrial processing or production equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor resources or inventories2%
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 1,300 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 36% of the workSailors and Marine Oilers4% AI does, against 12% here+3.2% by 2035 · $51,520 · No formal credential
- Shares 34% of the workPlant and System Operators0% AI does, against 12% here+2.3% by 2035 · $62,470 · High school diploma
- Shares 33% of the workRotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas5% AI does, against 12% here+0.8% by 2035 · $67,890 · No formal credential
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 0.08, higher than 25% 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, 53-7121 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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