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Solar Photovoltaic Installers vs Hydroelectric Plant Technicians

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Solar Photovoltaic Installers and Hydroelectric Plant Technicians 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.”

Solar Photovoltaic Installers Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$51,860
$99,670
Employment · BLS OEWS
28,280
30,720
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
54th pct
17th pct

At a glance

Dimension Solar Photovoltaic Installers Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
Median pay $51,860 $99,670
Employment 28,280 30,720
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Growing fast (+42.1%) Declining (-11.2%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 4,100 2,500
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 · 54th pct Low · 17th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 20th pct · 16% of tasks 51st pct · 28% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (47.2%) —
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: Building and Construction, Engineering and Technology, Mechanical, Design, Administration and Management, Mathematics, Public Safety and Security, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Education and Training, Visualization, Production and Processing, Information Ordering, English Language, Critical Thinking, Oral Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Active Listening, Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Oral Expression, Perceptual Speed, Computers and Electronics, Reading Comprehension, Troubleshooting.

Specific to Solar Photovoltaic Installers

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Installation
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Multilimb Coordination

Specific to Hydroelectric Plant Technicians

  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Physics
  • Operation and Control
  • Control Precision
  • Law and Government
  • Repairing
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Selective Attention

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 .

Specific to Solar Photovoltaic Installers

Specific to Hydroelectric Plant Technicians

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Solar Photovoltaic Installers or Hydroelectric Plant Technicians — 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. "Solar Photovoltaic Installers vs Hydroelectric Plant Technicians." 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/solar-photovoltaic-installers-vs-hydroelectric-plant-technicians

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Singulariki. (2026). Solar Photovoltaic Installers vs Hydroelectric Plant Technicians. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/solar-photovoltaic-installers-vs-hydroelectric-plant-technicians

BibTeX 
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