Maintain computer equipment or software.

Maintain computer equipment or software. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 11 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment. in Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 11 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 10 (91%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.035% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Implement and maintain configuration control systems. · Special Effects Artists and Animators · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Develop and maintain Web sites for online courses. · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories, and assist students with hardware and software use. · Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education · importance 3.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Maintain and troubleshoot problems with library equipment, including computers, photocopiers, and audio-visual equipment. · Library Technicians · importance 3.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Monitor database performance and perform any necessary maintenance, upgrades, or repairs. · Bioinformatics Technicians · importance 3.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories, and assist students with hardware and software use. · Teaching Assistants, Special Education · importance 3.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Maintain computer equipment used in instruction. · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Maintain geographic information systems laboratories, performing duties such as updating software. · Geography Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Maintain cyber defense software or hardware to support responses to cyber incidents. · Digital Forensics Analysts · direct LLM exposure
• Maintain hardware and software, including computers, media equipment, scanners, color copiers, and color laser printers. · Librarians and Media Collections Specialists · direct LLM exposure
• Update client and server applications responsible for integration and business logic. · Blockchain Engineers · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Special Effects Artists and Animators
• Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education
• Library Technicians
• Bioinformatics Technicians
• Teaching Assistants, Special Education
• Geography Teachers, Postsecondary
• Digital Forensics Analysts
• Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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