# Geothermal Electric Power Generation

> National industry (NAICS 221116) — This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating geothermal electric power generation facilities.  These facilities use heat derived from the Earth to produce electric energy.  The electric energy produced in these establishments is provided to electric power transmission systems or to electric power distribution systems.


- **NAICS code:** 221116
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/industries/221116
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures aggregate over the occupations employed in this industry, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 670 across 8 occupations.
- **Typical annual wage (employment-weighted median):** $87,629.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (employment-weighted across 7 occupations):** 11th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Largest occupations

- Power Plant Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-8013-00) — 300 employed; $72,950
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-9041-00) — 120 employed; $78,840
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-9099-00) — 90 employed; $80,790
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-1011-00) — 50 employed; $124,640
- General and Operations Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-1021-00) — 40 employed; $110,100
- Industrial Production Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-3051-00) — 40 employed; $156,830
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-1011-00) — 30 employed; $106,170
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-2095-00) — $92,890

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **Census NAICS** (2022) — U.S. Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/naics/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-03T03:26:54.804143+00:00. https://singulariki.com/industries/221116_