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Helpers--Carpenters
Construction and Extraction · SOC 47-3012
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$43,780
Median Annual Salary
Bright ↗
O*NET Outlook
5,300
Proj. Annual Openings
21,680
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-6.7%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 47-3012 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 59/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $43,780
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 5,300
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +4.5%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 6,355 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoringSocial Perceptiveness
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure1.2%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
9.9%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI0%
AI ability · AIOE29.6%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne92%
Top Skills
1.Active Listening
2.Speaking
3.Critical Thinking
4.Monitoring
5.Social Perceptiveness
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
Common titles: Carpenter Assistant, Carpenter Helper, Carpenter's Helper
Representative Tasks
- •Clean work areas, machines, or equipment, to maintain a clean and safe job site.
- •Fasten timbers or lumber with glue, screws, pegs, or nails and install hardware.
- •Perform tie spacing layout and measure, mark, drill or cut.
- •Select tools, equipment, or materials from storage and transport items to work site.
- •Drill holes in timbers or lumber.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Mark reference points on construction materials.
- •Clean equipment or facilities.
- •Install wooden structural components.
- •Measure materials or objects for installation or assembly.
- •Move construction or extraction materials to locations where they are needed.
Tools & Technologies
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Related Occupations
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
1.2%
Avg AI Exposure
12
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 47-3012: 2019 — employment: 32,920, median wage: $33,060; 2020 — employment: 30,900, median wage: $34,280; 2021 — employment: 27,540, median wage: $36,690; 2022 — employment: 24,580, median wage: $37,490; 2023 — employment: 21,770, median wage: $39,380; 2025 — employment: 21,680, median wage: $43,780.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 70% Bright |
| Median Salary | $43,780 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |