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Home Appliance Repairers vs Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Home Appliance Repairers and Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 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.”

Home Appliance Repairers Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$49,410
$53,990
Employment · BLS OEWS
31,940
16,570
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
40th pct
31st pct

At a glance

Dimension Home Appliance Repairers Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
Median pay $49,410 $53,990
Employment 31,940 16,570
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+2.6%) About average (+3.4%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 3,100 1,700
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 · 31st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 24th pct · 17% of tasks 24th pct · 17% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (32.2%)
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: Customer and Personal Service, Mechanical, Repairing, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Critical Thinking, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Manual Dexterity, Finger Dexterity, Near Vision, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Oral Comprehension, Speaking, Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, English Language, Administration and Management, Active Listening, Information Ordering, Visualization, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Written Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Equipment Selection, Installation, Judgment and Decision Making, Inductive Reasoning, Flexibility of Closure.

Specific to Home Appliance Repairers

  • Administrative
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Service Orientation
  • Time Management
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Written Expression

Specific to Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

  • Operation and Control
  • Visual Color Discrimination
  • Hearing Sensitivity
  • Production and Processing
  • Speed of Closure
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Control Precision
  • Multilimb Coordination

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 , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Home Appliance Repairers

Specific to Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Home Appliance Repairers or Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers — 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. "Home Appliance Repairers vs Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers." 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/home-appliance-repairers-vs-electric-motor-power-tool-and-related-repairers

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Singulariki. (2026). Home Appliance Repairers vs Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/home-appliance-repairers-vs-electric-motor-power-tool-and-related-repairers

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