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Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Transportation and Material Moving · SOC 53-7061
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$35,830
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
63,700
Proj. Annual Openings
380,430
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-0.1%/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 53-7061 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
- $35,830
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 63,700
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.9%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 70,614 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Operation and ControlQuality Control AnalysisOperations MonitoringMonitoringTime Management
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. Exposure0.2%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
11%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI8.3%
AI ability · AIOE24.8%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne37%
Top Skills
1.Operation and Control
2.Quality Control Analysis
3.Operations Monitoring
4.Monitoring
5.Time Management
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
Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.
Common titles: Aircraft Cleaner, Automotive Detailer (Auto Detailer), Bus Cleaner, Car Detailer, Car Washer, Cleaner
Representative Tasks
- •Rinse objects and place them on drying racks or use cloth, squeegees, or air compressors to dry surfaces.
- •Apply paints, dyes, polishes, reconditioners, waxes, or masking materials to vehicles to preserve, protect, or restore color or condition.
- •Clean and polish vehicle windows.
- •Drive vehicles to or from workshops or customers' workplaces or homes.
- •Scrub, scrape, or spray machine parts, equipment, or vehicles, using scrapers, brushes, clothes, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, acid, abrasives, vacuums, or hoses.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Clean vehicles or vehicle components.
- •Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
- •Clean machinery or equipment.
- •Drive passenger vehicles.
- •Inspect motor vehicles.
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Windows · hotBella FSM Auto Detailing Service SoftwareBookFreshGreen Cloud KleanTRACInventory tracking softwareThoughtful Systems Scheduling Manager for Auto Detailing
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
0.8%
Avg AI Exposure
6
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 53-7061: 2019 — employment: 382,670, median wage: $25,800; 2020 — employment: 341,660, median wage: $27,640; 2021 — employment: 351,960, median wage: $29,280; 2022 — employment: 359,530, median wage: $31,000; 2023 — employment: 365,290, median wage: $34,150; 2025 — employment: 380,430, median wage: $35,830.
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% | 0.2% |
| Outlook | Average | 20% Bright |
| Median Salary | $35,830 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |