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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Job family · SOC major group

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations is one of the 23 SOC major groups — the top level of the U.S. Standard Occupational Classification, the official scheme every detailed occupation rolls up to. It contains 52 occupations employing about 6,228,720 people, with a median wage of $58,920 across its occupations. BLS projects employment in this family to change +4.6% between 2024 and 2034 , with roughly 629,500 openings a year.

Occupation groups in this family

This family divides into 4 SOC minor groups — tighter clusters of related occupations. Ranked by U.S. employment.

Occupations in this family

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 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Tire Repairers and Changers Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Rail Car Repairers Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons Locksmiths and Safe Repairers Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers Signal and Track Switch Repairers Commercial Divers Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians Industrial Machinery Mechanics Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Each occupation in this family with both an AI task-overlap score and a wage, plotted by task-overlap percentile (horizontal) and median-pay percentile (vertical). Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation.

Ranked by U.S. employment (BLS OEWS May 2024). Projected change is BLS 2024–34; AI exposure is the OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" human beta rating (share of an occupation's tasks where an LLM with tools could cut the time to do them by at least half).

Occupation Median pay Employment 2024–34 AI exposure
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General $48,620 1,531,700 +3.8% 8%
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics $49,670 688,840 +4.2% 7%
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $78,300 600,680 +3.1% 27%
Industrial Machinery Mechanics $63,760 421,940 +16.1% 15%
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers $59,810 396,870 +8.1% 14%
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists $60,640 287,230 +2.4% 0%
Geothermal Technicians $48,640 183,690 +2.4% 31%
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other $48,640 183,690 +2.4% 31%
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines $63,980 180,270 +5.8% 13%
Automotive Body and Related Repairers $51,680 155,220 +1.6% 4%
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers $62,630 153,890 -4.2% 20%
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians $78,680 136,390 +4.0% 6%
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $92,560 123,680 +6.6% 0%
Tire Repairers and Changers $37,120 106,620 +5.7% 0%
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers $70,500 98,360 -3.1% 3%
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers $38,860 97,540 +2.3% 0%
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers $59,300 81,510 +10.4% 18%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers $46,860 73,010 -0.9% 20%
Medical Equipment Repairers $62,630 60,830 +12.9% 27%
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment $71,300 59,990 -0.8% 28%
Maintenance Workers, Machinery $60,500 56,540 -2.8% 11%
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door $74,690 46,920 +1.3% 7%
Millwrights $65,170 40,660 +0.0% 4%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians $52,080 36,880 +11.0% 17%
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics $46,560 34,240 +2.5% 11%
Home Appliance Repairers $49,410 31,940 +2.6% 11%
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers $47,350 28,260 -2.9% 20%
Mechanical Door Repairers $51,050 27,970 +11.4% 7%
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians $54,950 24,250 +6.0% 4%
Riggers $62,060 24,190 +3.2% 4%
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay $100,940 23,040 +5.5% 16%
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers $50,620 22,170 +6.6% 10%
Avionics Technicians $81,390 20,900 +8.2% 14%
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers $47,260 18,940 +3.6% 0%
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians $50,540 18,710 +11.5% 9%
Rail Car Repairers $65,680 18,300 +2.8% 6%
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers $53,990 16,570 +3.4% 2%
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers $50,490 15,550 -8.3% 8%
Motorcycle Mechanics $47,200 14,010 +5.3% 0%
Bicycle Repairers $40,360 12,590 -2.3% 7%
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers $64,190 11,400 +8.6% 8%
Wind Turbine Service Technicians $62,580 11,220 +49.9% 4%
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles $47,940 10,140 -13.6% 13%
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other $67,080 9,680 +2.0% —
Signal and Track Switch Repairers $83,600 8,210 +1.7% 4%
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment $82,730 7,310 +6.1% 16%
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners $45,320 5,730 +1.4% 0%
Commercial Divers $61,130 3,430 +8.5% 9%
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers $41,080 2,610 +5.9% 12%
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers $49,300 2,010 -15.1% 4%
Watch and Clock Repairers $60,690 1,300 -1.1% 17%
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons $58,540 1,100 -16.9% 0%

AI exposure across this family

Two published studies estimate how exposed each occupation is to AI. The OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" study rates the share of an occupation's tasks an LLM (with tools) could speed up by half or more; averaged across this family it is 10% — 16th percentile of the 23 families. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages -0.86 here.

Exposure measures where AI could assist tasks — it is not a prediction that these jobs will be automated. High exposure often means augmentation (faster work), and many high-exposure occupations are also projected to grow.

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. "Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations." 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/job-families/installation-maintenance-and-repair-occupations

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Singulariki. (2026). Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/job-families/installation-maintenance-and-repair-occupations

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