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Plant and System Operators, All Other
Production · SOC 51-8099
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$62,470
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
1,400
Proj. Annual Openings
14,080
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+1.4%/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 51-8099 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
- 47/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $62,470
- H-1B offered wage $58,240; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 1,400
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +1.6%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 1
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 1,367 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Operations MonitoringOperation and ControlReading ComprehensionMonitoringQuality Control Analysis
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. Exposure0.7%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
19%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI9.5%
AI ability · AIOE47.6%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne86%
Top Skills
1.Operations Monitoring
2.Operation and Control
3.Reading Comprehension
4.Monitoring
5.Quality Control Analysis
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →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.
3
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
1
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$58,240
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#584 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
All plant and system operators not listed separately.
Representative Tasks
Detailed Work Activities
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
0.5%
Avg AI Exposure
1
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 51-8099: 2019 — employment: 12,950, median wage: $58,390; 2020 — employment: 14,680, median wage: $58,960; 2021 — employment: 15,420, median wage: $50,250; 2022 — employment: 15,370, median wage: $57,470; 2023 — employment: 15,370, median wage: $56,940; 2025 — employment: 14,080, median wage: $62,470.
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% | 0.7% |
| Outlook | Average | 4% Bright |
| Median Salary | $62,470 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |