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Mechanical Door Repairers vs Structural Iron and Steel Workers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Mechanical Door Repairers and Structural Iron and Steel Workers 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.”

Mechanical Door Repairers Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$51,050
$62,700
Employment · BLS OEWS
27,970
64,720
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
22nd pct
5th pct

At a glance

Dimension Mechanical Door Repairers Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Median pay $51,050 $62,700
Employment 27,970 64,720
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Growing fast (+11.4%) About average (+4.4%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,700 5,500
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 · 22nd pct Low · 5th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 24th pct · 17% of tasks 5th pct · 11% 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, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Building and Construction, Problem Sensitivity, Trunk Strength, Critical Thinking, Finger Dexterity, Static Strength, Extent Flexibility, Oral Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Oral Expression, Information Ordering, Control Precision, Multilimb Coordination, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Coordination, Operations Monitoring, Deductive Reasoning, Visualization, Gross Body Coordination.

Specific to Mechanical Door Repairers

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Installation
  • Written Comprehension
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Active Learning
  • Monitoring

Specific to Structural Iron and Steel Workers

  • Selective Attention
  • Gross Body Equilibrium
  • Depth Perception
  • Operation and Control
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Far Vision
  • Rate Control
  • Reaction Time

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: Electronic mail software .

Specific to Mechanical Door Repairers

Specific to Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Mechanical Door Repairers or Structural Iron and Steel Workers — 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. "Mechanical Door Repairers vs Structural Iron and Steel Workers." 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/mechanical-door-repairers-vs-structural-iron-and-steel-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). Mechanical Door Repairers vs Structural Iron and Steel Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/mechanical-door-repairers-vs-structural-iron-and-steel-workers

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