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Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters

Occupation · SOC 51-2061.00

Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices such as digital clocks or timing devices with electrical or electronic components.

Also called: Calibration Specialist · Clockmaker · Watch Technician · Watchmaker · Calibrator · Horologist · Time Stamp Assembler · Adjuster · Assembler · Balance and Hairspring Assembler · Banking Pin Adjuster · Barrel Assembler

Job family: Production Occupations

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A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.

AI & job outlook

What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.

Exposure to current AI

Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.

Measure Rank vs all occupations Percentile Score
LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) Low 16th 0.1
AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) Low 5th 0.0

OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.0), with simple added tooling (β 0.1), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.1). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.

Job outlook

Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.

Outlook Declining · -17.5% by 2034
Projected annual openings 0
Employment 2024 → 2034 200 → 200

“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.

Tasks

All 17 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.

Work activities

Knowledge, skills & abilities

O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).

Abilities

Finger Dexterity 4.0
Arm-Hand Steadiness 3.9
Near Vision 3.5
Problem Sensitivity 3.4
Manual Dexterity 3.4
Oral Comprehension 3.1
Information Ordering 3.1
Visualization 3.1
Control Precision 3.1
Oral Expression 3.0
Deductive Reasoning 3.0
Category Flexibility 3.0
Visual Color Discrimination 3.0
Inductive Reasoning 2.9
Speech Recognition 2.9
Speech Clarity 2.9
Flexibility of Closure 2.8
Selective Attention 2.8
Multilimb Coordination 2.8
Depth Perception 2.8
Hearing Sensitivity 2.8

Knowledge

Mechanical 3.6
Mathematics 3.0
Production and Processing 2.8
Engineering and Technology 2.7

Transferable skills

Repairing 3.4
Troubleshooting 3.3
Quality Control Analysis 3.3
Operations Monitoring 3.0
Social Perceptiveness 2.8
Complex Problem Solving 2.8
Operation and Control 2.8
Equipment Maintenance 2.8
Judgment and Decision Making 2.8
Time Management 2.8

Essential skills

Active Listening 2.9
Critical Thinking 2.9
Monitoring 2.9
Reading Comprehension 2.8
Speaking 2.8

Skills in demand

Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.

Tools & technology

Example Category
Microsoft Office software Office suite software Hot technology
At Your Service Software At Your Service Repair Data base user interface and query software
Inventory control software Inventory management software
Maplesoft Maple Analytical or scientific software
Retail sales software Point of sale POS software
Web browser software Internet browser software

Work context

How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.6
Freedom to Make Decisions 4.3
Contact With Others 4.2
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals 4.1
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.0
Frequency of Decision Making 3.9
Telephone Conversations 3.8
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team 3.6
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate 3.6
Spend Time Sitting 3.6
Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results 3.4
E-Mail 3.1
Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities 3.1
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls 2.9
Time Pressure 2.9
Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable 2.8
Physical Proximity 2.8
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets 2.7
Written Letters and Memos 2.6
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings 2.6
Exposed to Contaminants 2.6
Spend Time Standing 2.5
Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People 2.4
Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers 2.3
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks 2.2
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment 2.1
Level of Competition 2.1
Exposed to Hazardous Conditions 2.0
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled 2.0
Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions 1.9
Spend Time Walking or Running 1.9
Degree of Automation 1.9
Conflict Situations 1.9
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions 1.9
Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions 1.8
Consequence of Error 1.8
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment 1.7
Exposed to High Places 1.6
Health and Safety of Other Workers 1.5
Deal With External Customers or the Public in General 1.4

How to get in

Job zone
Zone 2 — Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
Education
Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
Typical entry-level education
High school diploma or equivalent · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
Related experience
Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
Preparation level
SVP (Below 6.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.

What to study: Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.

Education of current workers

Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.

High School Diploma 91.4%
First Professional Degree 4.2%
Less than a High School Diploma 2.3%
Post-Secondary Certificate 1.2%
Some College Courses 1.0%

Interests & work styles

The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.

Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)

Realistic 6.7
Conventional 4.6
Investigative 2.1

Interest areas

Mechanics/Electronics 5.4
Engineering 4.1
Physical/Manual Labor 1.9
Mathematics/Statistics 1.7
Construction/Woodwork 1.4
Accounting 1.3
Information Technology 1.2
Physical Science 1.2

Work styles

Attention to Detail 3.0
Dependability 3.0
Cautiousness 2.4
Perseverance 1.4
Achievement Orientation 1.3

Wages & employment

U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)

$26k10th$28k25th$41kMedian$58k75th$66k90th
Annual wages by percentile — U.S. (BLS OEWS). The light band spans the 10th–90th percentile; the darker band is the middle half (25th–75th); the line is the median.
20020242002034 (proj.)-17.5% · Declining
Projected U.S. employment, 2024–2034 (BLS Employment Projections). A labor-market forecast for the occupation, not an AI-impact forecast.
10th percentile $26,240
25th percentile $27,850
Median (50th) $40,790
75th percentile $58,440
90th percentile $65,580
People employed 230

Industries that employ this occupation

Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.

Industry Workers National median pay
Manufacturing · Sector 230 $40,790

Where this work is most concentrated

Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).

Industry Concentration Workers
Manufacturing · Sector 12.08× 230

Part of the Advanced Manufacturing career cluster.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters sits at the 6th percentile of AI task-overlap and the 14th percentile of median pay, placed here against 10 adjacent occupations on the same two axes. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers Calibration Technologists and Technicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
AI task-overlap percentile (horizontal) vs. median-pay percentile (vertical), across all scored occupations. This occupation is highlighted; related occupations are plotted alongside it. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation.

Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.

What you can do with this

Options the data surfaces for Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.

Skills that travel

Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.

Adjacent roles

Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.

Paths in

How people typically prepare for this work.

Zoom out

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Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters show 6th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 0 annual U.S. openings

  • Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters rank in the 6th percentile (Low band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
  • The occupation is projected to see about 0 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
  • BLS projects employment to be declining (-17.5%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
  • Median annual pay is $40,790, across about 230 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
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Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters show 6th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 0 annual U.S. openings

• Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters rank in the 6th percentile (Low band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE)
• The occupation is projected to see about 0 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34)
• BLS projects employment to be declining (-17.5%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34)
• Median annual pay is $40,790, across about 230 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024))

Source: Singulariki — "Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-2061-00
Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.

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

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Singulariki. "Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-2061-00

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  title  = {Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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}

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