AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 49-2097.00

Will AI replace Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers?

Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers: AI can already handle 1 of 11 tasks; the work mostly needs an efficient-tier model.

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Every task, scored

The 11 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers, from most to least exposed. 1 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.

Task AI exposure Evidence Model tier Importance
Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals. 65 Estimated Efficient 3.9
Compute cost estimates for labor and materials. 40 Observed Efficient 4.1
Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.4
Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs. 20 Estimated Standard 4.0
Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.0
Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons. 20 Estimated Efficient 3.6
Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes. 15 Estimated No tier 4.0
Position or mount speakers, and wire speakers to consoles. 15 Estimated No tier 4.0
Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment. 15 Estimated No tier 4.0
Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings. 15 Estimated No tier 3.8
Keep records of work orders and test and maintenance reports. 15 Estimated No tier 3.7

Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 1 of 11 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 10 of 11. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.

The model tier this role needs

An efficient-tier model or lower covers 46% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 55% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 45% is hands-on.

Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.

Wages, employment and outlook

US employment
19,780
Median annual wage
$52,600
Middle half of earners
$44,490 to $67,300
Projected change, 2024 to 2034
+6.6%

Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.

Adjacent roles

The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.

Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.

Questions about Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers and AI

Will AI replace Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers?

AI already handles 1 of the 11 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 24 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +6.6% from 2024 to 2034.

What is the AI exposure of Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers?

24 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 1 of the 11 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 10 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.

Which Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers tasks can AI already do?

The tasks with the highest exposure are: Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals. It is the only task that reach 60 or more.

What AI model tier does this role need?

An efficient-tier model or lower covers 46% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 45% is hands-on work that no model tier covers. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.

How many people work as Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers, and what do they earn?

19,780 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $52,600 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +6.6% from 2024 to 2034.

How to cite

Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.

JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/audiovisual-equipment-installers-and-repairers

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