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Equipment Maintenance

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Equipment Maintenance is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 201 occupations that together employ about 26,590,230 workers, with a median wage of $50,460. Its reach across the occupation map is high. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 20th percentile of AI task-exposure ( low) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Equipment Maintenance, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Baristas 3,780,930 $30,480
Recycling and Reclamation Workers 2,982,530 $38,940
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2,070,480 $57,440
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 1,531,700 $48,620
Construction Laborers 1,057,660 $46,730
Light Truck Drivers 994,410 $44,140
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 805,770 $46,390
Electricians 742,580 $62,350
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 688,840 $49,670
Dishwashers 471,670 $33,670
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 469,270 $58,710
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 455,940 $62,970
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians 455,940 $62,970
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 421,940 $63,760
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 396,870 $59,810
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 383,860 $40,900
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 373,960 $35,270
Machinists 298,790 $56,150
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 287,230 $60,640
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 261,690 $35,690
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 205,230 $54,660
Geothermal Technicians 183,690 $48,640
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 180,270 $63,980
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 176,950 $49,970
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 174,430 $45,590
Helpers--Production Workers 167,490 $38,220
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 159,500 $47,590
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 155,220 $51,680
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 154,820 $41,230
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 153,890 $62,630
Highway Maintenance Workers 151,750 $49,070
Robotics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Printing Press Operators 145,110 $45,160
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 139,180 $48,350
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 136,390 $78,680
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 129,850 $46,060
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 127,410 $57,090
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 126,750 $58,260
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 123,680 $92,560
Sheet Metal Workers 117,470 $60,850
Surgical Technologists 113,890 $62,830
Sewing Machine Operators 109,590 $36,000
Tire Repairers and Changers 106,620 $37,120
Endoscopy Technicians 103,650 $46,050
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 100,840 $47,680
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 98,360 $70,500
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 98,270 $34,850
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 97,540 $38,860
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 96,950 $49,390
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 86,460 $89,340
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 81,510 $59,300
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 79,540 $46,020
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians 73,410 $64,790
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 73,010 $46,860
Medical Equipment Preparers 72,760 $46,490
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 70,110 $45,190
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 65,700 $46,980
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 64,720 $62,700
Helpers--Electricians 64,440 $39,890
Photonics Technicians 64,410 $77,390
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that need Equipment Maintenance. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Dishwashers Tire Repairers and Changers Structural Iron and Steel Workers Highway Maintenance Workers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Helpers--Electricians Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Equipment Maintenance, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

  • O*NET transferable skill 201

Datasets behind 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.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Equipment Maintenance." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/equipment-maintenance

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Equipment Maintenance. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/equipment-maintenance

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-equipment-maintenance,
  title  = {Equipment Maintenance},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/equipment-maintenance}
}

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