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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair · SOC 49-9099

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$49,230
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
21,300
Proj. Annual Openings
176,300
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+1.5%/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 49-9099 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
52/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$49,230
No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
Projected openings
21,300
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +2.4%.
Observed/proxy demand
0
FY2025 certified LCAs; 20,800 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Operations MonitoringMonitoringTroubleshootingOperation and ControlReading Comprehension

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. Exposure1.6%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

20.4%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI21%
AI ability · AIOE40.2%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne96%

AI could do ~21% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Operations Monitoring
2.Monitoring
3.Troubleshooting
4.Operation and Control
5.Reading Comprehension

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

6
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
0
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$0
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#504 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

All installation, maintenance, and repair workers not listed separately.

Representative Tasks

    Detailed Work Activities

      Employment Projections & AI Exposure

      15
      Occupations Shown
      1.9%
      Avg AI Exposure
      4
      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


      Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 49-9099: 2019 — employment: 161,290, median wage: $39,830; 2020 — employment: 151,050, median wage: $42,480; 2021 — employment: 164,070, median wage: $42,570; 2022 — employment: 172,980, median wage: $44,500; 2023 — employment: 175,860, median wage: $46,500; 2025 — employment: 176,300, median wage: $49,230.

      Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

      Sector Comparison

      MetricThis CareerSector Average
      AI Exposure0.0%1.6%
      OutlookAverage24% Bright
      Median Salary$49,230N/A
      AI Resiliency100/100N/A