AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 47-4021.00
Will AI replace Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers?
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers: AI can already handle 2 of 20 tasks; the work mostly needs an efficient-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 20 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Participate in additional training to keep skills up to date. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assemble, install, repair, and maintain elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and dumbwaiters, using hand and power tools, and testing devices such as test lamps, ammeters, and voltmeters. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Maintain log books that detail all repairs and checks performed. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Install electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor and pulling plastic-covered wires through the conduit. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assemble electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and install associated motors and electrical wiring. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Install outer doors and door frames at elevator entrances on each floor of a structure. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Bolt or weld steel rails to the walls of shafts to guide elevators, working from scaffolding or platforms. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Connect electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Attach guide shoes and rollers to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through shafts. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Cut prefabricated sections of framework, rails, and other components to specified dimensions. | 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
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 55% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 61% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 39% 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
- 23,790
- Median annual wage
- $109,910
- Middle half of earners
- $79,290 to $135,720
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +5.0%
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 69% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure18
- Mechanical Door Repairers 69% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure18
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 68% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure26
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 67% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure15
- Electricians 67% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure23
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers and AI
Will AI replace Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers?
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 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 +5.0% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Elevator and Escalator 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. 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 Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards; Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment. They are the tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 55% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 39% 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 Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers, and what do they earn?
23,790 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $109,910 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +5.0% 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: Elevator and Escalator 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/elevator-and-escalator-installers-and-repairers
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