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Wind Turbine Service Technicians
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 29.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #511 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +29.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $64,120 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 11,800 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: Test performance of equipment or systems29%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,100 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment22%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Diagnose system or equipment problems10%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 245 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Maintain tools or equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Climb equipment or structures9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others on operational or work procedures5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 348 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Train others to use equipment or products5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 494 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures2%
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 130 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.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
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- Shares 36% of the workMobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics4% AI does, against 10% here+6.7% by 2035 · $65,510 · High school diploma
- Shares 25% of the workMedical Equipment Repairers2% AI does, against 10% here+12.6% by 2035 · $61,660 · Associate’s degree
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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 0.13, higher than 43% 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, 49-9081 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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