# Helpers, Construction Trades

> SOC minor group 47-3000 within Construction and Extraction Occupations — 7 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 47-3000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/helpers-construction-trades
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 186,250.
- **Median wage:** $40,590.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 1.8%.
- **Annual openings:** 20.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 1st percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Helpers--Electricians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-3013-00) — $39,890; 0th percentile overlap
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-3015-00) — $39,270; 0th percentile overlap
- Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-3019-00) — $40,760
- Helpers--Carpenters (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-3012-00) — $41,600; 0th percentile overlap
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-3011-00) — $46,480; 0th percentile overlap
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-3014-00) — $38,140; 0th percentile overlap
- Helpers--Roofers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-3016-00) — $40,590; 0th percentile overlap

## 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/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“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 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/helpers-construction-trades_