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Meter Readers, Utilities vs Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Meter Readers, Utilities and Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 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.”

Meter Readers, Utilities Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$49,180
$74,690
Employment · BLS OEWS
19,620
46,920
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
75th pct
51st pct

At a glance

Dimension Meter Readers, Utilities Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
Median pay $49,180 $74,690
Employment 19,620 46,920
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-12.0%) About average (+1.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 1,300 3,900
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 High · 75th pct Moderate · 51st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 72nd pct · 38% of tasks 24th pct · 17% 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: Customer and Personal Service, Near Vision, Public Safety and Security, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Information Ordering, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Written Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Multilimb Coordination, Extent Flexibility, Speech Recognition, Mechanical, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Manual Dexterity, Computers and Electronics, Written Expression.

Specific to Meter Readers, Utilities

  • English Language
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Trunk Strength
  • Service Orientation
  • Time Management
  • Control Precision
  • Far Vision
  • Speech Clarity

Specific to Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

  • Engineering and Technology
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Repairing
  • Design
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Troubleshooting
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Judgment and Decision Making

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: Office suite software , Data base user interface and query software , Spreadsheet software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Operating system software , Word processing software , Industrial control software .

Specific to Meter Readers, Utilities

Specific to Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Meter Readers, Utilities or Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door — 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. "Meter Readers, Utilities vs Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door." 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/meter-readers-utilities-vs-control-and-valve-installers-and-repairers-except-mechanical-door

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Singulariki. (2026). Meter Readers, Utilities vs Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/meter-readers-utilities-vs-control-and-valve-installers-and-repairers-except-mechanical-door

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