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Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 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 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 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.”

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$62,970
$74,690
Employment · BLS OEWS
455,940
46,920
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
20th pct
51st pct

At a glance

Dimension Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
Median pay $62,970 $74,690
Employment 455,940 46,920
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.5%) About average (+1.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 44,000 3,900
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. 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 Low · 20th pct Moderate · 51st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 18th pct · 15% 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: Mechanical, Design, Mathematics, Problem Sensitivity, Finger Dexterity, Near Vision, Customer and Personal Service, Critical Thinking, Deductive Reasoning, Manual Dexterity, Inductive Reasoning, Troubleshooting, Repairing, Judgment and Decision Making, Oral Comprehension, Category Flexibility, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Engineering and Technology, Public Safety and Security, Monitoring, Oral Expression, Information Ordering, Multilimb Coordination, Extent Flexibility, Speaking, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Written Comprehension, Flexibility of Closure.

Specific to Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

  • Building and Construction
  • Trunk Strength
  • Far Vision
  • Administration and Management
  • Visualization
  • Physics
  • Selective Attention
  • Control Precision

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

  • Computers and Electronics
  • Active Listening
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Written Expression
  • Speech Recognition
  • Production and Processing
  • Reading Comprehension

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 , Word processing software , Computer aided design CAD software , Analytical or scientific software , Data base user interface and query software , Electronic mail software , Project management software .

Specific to Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

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 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 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. "Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 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; 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/plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters-vs-control-and-valve-installers-and-repairers-except-mechanical-door

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Singulariki. (2026). Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 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/plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters-vs-control-and-valve-installers-and-repairers-except-mechanical-door

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