# Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

> SOC minor group 49-3000 within Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations — 14 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 49-3000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/vehicle-and-mobile-equipment-mechanics-installers-and-repairers
- **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):** 1,732,490.
- **Median wage:** $51,110.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 4.1%.
- **Annual openings:** 172.8.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 8th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3023-00) — $49,670; 0th percentile overlap
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3031-00) — $60,640; 0th percentile overlap
- Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3042-00) — $63,980; 0th percentile overlap
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3021-00) — $51,680; 0th percentile overlap
- Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3011-00) — $78,680; 0th percentile overlap
- Tire Repairers and Changers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3093-00) — $37,120; 0th percentile overlap
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3041-00) — $52,080; 0th percentile overlap
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3053-00) — $46,560; 0th percentile overlap
- Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3051-00) — $54,950; 0th percentile overlap
- Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3022-00) — $47,260; 0th percentile overlap
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3092-00) — $50,540; 0th percentile overlap
- Rail Car Repairers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3043-00) — $65,680; 0th percentile overlap
- Motorcycle Mechanics (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3052-00) — $47,200; 0th percentile overlap
- Bicycle Repairers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-49-3091-00) — $40,360; 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/vehicle-and-mobile-equipment-mechanics-installers-and-repairers_