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Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers vs Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers and Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 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.”

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Median pay · BLS OEWS
—
$47,060
Employment · BLS OEWS
—
36,290
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
31st pct
23rd pct

At a glance

Dimension Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Median pay — $47,060
Employment — 36,290
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection — Declining (-9.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection — 3,200
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 31st pct Low · 23rd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 52nd pct · 28% of tasks 11th pct · 13% 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: Near Vision, Finger Dexterity, Oral Comprehension, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Manual Dexterity, Reading Comprehension, Information Ordering, Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Inductive Reasoning, Visualization, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Control Precision, Multilimb Coordination, Speech Recognition, Speaking, Operation and Control, Category Flexibility, Perceptual Speed, Selective Attention, Speech Clarity, Production and Processing, Static Strength, Trunk Strength, Far Vision.

Specific to Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Coordination
  • Visual Color Discrimination
  • Writing
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Time Management
  • Written Expression
  • Mechanical

Specific to Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Administration and Management
  • Design
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Rate Control
  • Reaction Time
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Flexibility of Closure

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 , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Industrial control software .

Specific to Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Specific to Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers or Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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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. "Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers vs Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders." 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; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); 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/electrical-and-electronic-equipment-assemblers-vs-welding-soldering-and-brazing-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders

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Singulariki. (2026). Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers vs Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/electrical-and-electronic-equipment-assemblers-vs-welding-soldering-and-brazing-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders

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