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Bicycle Repairers vs Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Bicycle Repairers and Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Bicycle Repairers Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$40,360
$54,950
Employment · BLS OEWS
12,590
24,250
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
40th pct
18th pct

At a glance

Dimension Bicycle Repairers Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
Median pay $40,360 $54,950
Employment 12,590 24,250
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-2.3%) About average (+6.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 1,600 2,600
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 40th pct Low · 18th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 11th pct · 13% of tasks 26th pct · 18% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Mechanical, Customer and Personal Service, Repairing, Visualization, Finger Dexterity, Near Vision, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Manual Dexterity, English Language, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Troubleshooting, Problem Sensitivity, Information Ordering, Oral Expression, Administration and Management, Engineering and Technology, Speaking, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, Oral Comprehension, Speech Recognition, Quality Control Analysis, Control Precision, Complex Problem Solving, Mathematics, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Extent Flexibility.

Specific to Bicycle Repairers

  • Sales and Marketing
  • Speech Clarity
  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Design
  • Production and Processing
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Written Comprehension

Specific to Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

  • Operation and Control
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Hearing Sensitivity
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Trunk Strength
  • Transportation

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Word processing software .

Specific to Bicycle Repairers

Specific to Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Full profiles

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Bicycle Repairers vs Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/bicycle-repairers-vs-motorboat-mechanics-and-service-technicians

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Singulariki. (2026). Bicycle Repairers vs Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/bicycle-repairers-vs-motorboat-mechanics-and-service-technicians

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