AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 49-2094.00
Will AI replace Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment?
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment: AI can already handle 2 of 20 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 20 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment, from most to least exposed. 2 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consult with customers, supervisors, or engineers to plan layout of equipment or to resolve problems in system operation or maintenance. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Advise management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, or suggestions for product improvements. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Coordinate efforts with other workers involved in installing or maintaining equipment or components. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Develop or modify industrial electronic devices, circuits, or equipment, according to available specifications. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Determine feasibility of using standardized equipment or develop specifications for equipment required to perform additional functions. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Maintain inventory of spare parts. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine installation procedures. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Sign overhaul documents for equipment replaced or repaired. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Send defective units to the manufacturer or to a specialized repair shop for repair. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 20 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 20 of 20. 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
A standard-tier model or lower covers 60% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 74% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 26% 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
- 65,010
- Median annual wage
- $74,090
- Middle half of earners
- $60,040 to $88,710
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- -0.8%
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.
- Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment 78% skill overlap, about 8 months to move Exposure18
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 76% skill overlap, about 8 months to move Exposure15
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 76% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure25
- Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 75% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure20
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 74% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure52
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment and AI
Will AI replace Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment?
AI already handles 2 of the 20 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 26 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 -0.8% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment?
26 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. 0 of the 20 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 20 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Consult with customers, supervisors, or engineers to plan layout of equipment or to resolve problems in system operation or maintenance; Advise management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, or suggestions for product improvements. They are the tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-tier model or lower covers 60% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 26% 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 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment, and what do they earn?
65,010 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $74,090 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -0.8% 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: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment. 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/electrical-and-electronics-repairers-commercial-and-industrial-equipment
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