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Installation

Cross-functional skill · O*NET work requirement

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

In the O*NET occupational database, Installation is a skill that work requires. O*NET rates how important it is (1–5) and what level of it a job needs (0–7) for every U.S. occupation. It is rated as important (3 or higher) in 23 of 894 occupations.

Breadth here means how widely O*NET rates this skill as important across occupations — not that it is rare, high-paying, or currently in employer demand.

Occupations that rely most on Installation

Ranked by O*NET importance to the occupation (1–5). Bars are sized against the 1–5 scale; the level column is what depth of the skill the job needs (0–7).

Occupation Importance Score Level
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians 4.8 4.1
Millwrights 3.8 3.4
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 3.5 3.4
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers 3.4 3.3
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 3.4 3.9
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 3.4 3.9
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 3.4 3.1
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 3.4 3.4
Electricians 3.3 3.8
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 3.3 3.0
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 3.3 3.3
Weatherization Installers and Technicians 3.3 2.9
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers 3.1 2.8
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians 3.1 3.4
Mechanical Door Repairers 3.1 2.8
Robotics Technicians 3.1 3.3
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 3.0 2.5
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 3.0 2.9
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 3.0 2.4
Geothermal Technicians 3.0 3.1
Home Appliance Repairers 3.0 2.4
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers 3.0 2.5
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 3.0 3.1
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 2.9 3.0
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 2.9 2.8
Helpers--Electricians 2.9 2.6
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 2.9 2.4
Photonics Technicians 2.9 3.3
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 2.9 2.6
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 2.8 2.8
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 2.8 3.1
Avionics Technicians 2.8 2.9
Computer Network Support Specialists 2.8 3.1
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment 2.8 2.4
Pipelayers 2.8 3.0
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 2.8 3.0
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 2.6 2.5
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 2.6 3.0
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 2.6 2.4
Rail Car Repairers 2.6 2.5

How AI is used by roles that need Installation

This skill is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles for which O*NET rates it important and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles (importance-weighted). 60.9% of the 23 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (14 roles).

Across those roles, 27.7% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 37.6% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.77 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
learning 20.2% you ask AI to explain or teach
directive 19.9% AI does it; you give the instruction
feedback loop 17.8% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
task iteration 6.3% you and AI go back and forth
validation 1.2% you do it; AI checks your work

Roles behind this signal

The roles where this skill is most important and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Importance Works with AI Autonomy
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 3.0 33.4% 4.0/5
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers 3.4 33.9% 3.5/5
Robotics Technicians 3.1 42.3% 3.0/5
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 3.4 47.2% 4.0/5
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 3.3 23.4% 4.0/5
Electro-Mechanical Technicians 3.1 25.7% 4.0/5
Electricians 3.3 34.3% 3.8/5
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 3.3 21.9% 4.0/5
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 3.4 4.0/5
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 3.0 40.7% 4.0/5
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 3.0 32.2% 4.0/5
Weatherization Installers and Technicians 3.3 3.0/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Shares are of observed conversations, weighted by how important this skill is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where Installation matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on Installation (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 2.6% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on Installation (measured across 66 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Construction 1,487,060 18.3%
Manufacturing 340,180 2.7%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 326,960 13.8%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 263,590 2.9%
Educational Services 145,630 1.1%
Health Care and Social Assistance 140,790 0.6%
Retail Trade 138,180 0.9%
Wholesale Trade 136,480 2.3%
Accommodation and Food Services 135,790 1.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 132,320 3.0%
Information 121,720 4.2%
Utilities 94,020 16.2%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors National industry 21.46× 55.8%
Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors National industry 19.73× 51.3%
Other Building Equipment Contractors National industry 11.5× 29.9%
Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction National industry 8.73× 22.7%
Construction Sector 7.04× 18.3%
Utilities Sector 6.23× 16.2%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Sector 5.31× 13.8%
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation National industry 5.19× 13.5%
Information Sector 1.62× 4.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration) Sector 1.15× 3.0%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services Sector 1.12× 2.9%
Temporary Help Services National industry 1.08× 2.8%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

Capabilities required by many of the same occupations — a measure of which skills, knowledge and abilities tend to travel together, not a judgment of similarity.

Capability Type Shared occupations
Equipment Selection Cross-functional skill 13
Repairing Cross-functional skill 19
Equipment Maintenance Cross-functional skill 17
Troubleshooting Cross-functional skill 21
Extent Flexibility Ability 19
Gross Body Equilibrium Ability 8
Building and Construction Knowledge 13
Quality Control Analysis Cross-functional skill 22
Mechanical Knowledge 23
Visual Color Discrimination Ability 16
Hearing Sensitivity Ability 7
Engineering and Technology Knowledge 16

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." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/skills/installation

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@misc{singulariki-installation,
  title  = {Installation},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/skills/installation}
}

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