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Installation

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Installation is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 37 occupations that together employ about 5,686,580 workers, with a median wage of $60,155. Its reach across the occupation map is moderate. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 22nd 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 Installation, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 1,531,700 $48,620
Electricians 742,580 $62,350
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 688,840 $49,670
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 455,940 $62,970
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians 455,940 $62,970
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 396,870 $59,810
Geothermal Technicians 183,690 $48,640
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 153,890 $62,630
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 123,680 $92,560
Sheet Metal Workers 117,470 $60,850
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 98,360 $70,500
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 81,510 $59,300
Helpers--Electricians 64,440 $39,890
Photonics Technicians 64,410 $77,390
Glaziers 57,000 $55,440
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 56,540 $60,500
Millwrights 40,660 $65,170
Pipelayers 33,580 $48,710
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 32,890 $61,680
Home Appliance Repairers 31,940 $49,410
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 28,280 $51,860
Mechanical Door Repairers 27,970 $51,050
Insulation Workers, Mechanical 25,640 $57,250
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 23,340 $106,580
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 22,350 $48,630
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers 22,170 $50,620
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers 18,940 $47,260
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 16,570 $53,990
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers 15,550 $50,490
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians 14,680 $70,760
Robotics Technicians 14,680 $70,760
Tapers 12,500 $64,700
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 11,400 $64,190
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 10,140 $47,940
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 8,210 $83,600
Roof Bolters, Mining 2,230 $76,640
Weatherization Installers and Technicians — —
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 36 occupations in occupations that need Installation. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers Roof Bolters, Mining Tapers Helpers--Electricians Pipelayers Glaziers Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers Locksmiths and Safe Repairers Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Signal and Track Switch Repairers Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Insulation Workers, Mechanical Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers Geothermal Technicians Photonics Technicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Installation, 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 37

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. "Installation." 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/installation

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-installation,
  title  = {Installation},
  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/installation}
}

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