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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Yard Laborer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #623 of 702. Estimated risk: 95.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

38%

“Yard Laborer” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 38% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

56%

“Yard Laborer” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 56% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.

Avg. Annual Salary $40,880
Avg. Hourly Wage $19.66
Available Jobs (US) 943,430
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers #37-3011
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers”

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Related Occupations & Automation Risk

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

AI Risk 50%
Robot Risk 45%

First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

AI Risk 46%
Robot Risk 57%

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

AI Risk 46%
Robot Risk 49%

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

AI Risk 40%
Robot Risk 43%

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation

AI Risk 40%
Robot Risk 54%

Pest Control Workers

AI Risk 37%
Robot Risk 50%

Core Skills & Abilities

  • Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.

  • Advise customers on plant selection or care.

  • Plan or cultivate lawns or gardens.

  • Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment.

  • Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.

  • Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.

  • Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.

  • Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.

  • Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.

  • Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.

  • Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.

  • Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses.

  • Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features.

  • Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.

  • Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.

  • Decorate gardens with stones or plants.

  • Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.

  • Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.

  • Build forms and mix and pour cement to form garden borders.

  • Gather and remove litter.

  • Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.

  • Shovel snow from walks, driveways, or parking lots, and spread salt in those areas.

  • Haul or spread topsoil, or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.

  • Care for artificial turf fields, periodically removing the turf and replacing cushioning pads or vacuuming and disinfecting the turf after use to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

  • Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.

  • Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.

Technologies & Software

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  • Overseed enhancing tools
  • Land levelers
  • Socket wrenches
  • Hedge trimmers
  • Precision files
  • Dump trucks
  • X-drags
  • Turf sweepers
  • Ladders
  • Power rakes
  • Riding mowers
  • Drag mats
  • Land planes
  • Truck-mounted chemical sprayers
  • Power drills
  • Wood chippers
  • Shielded arc welding tools
  • Forklifts
  • Leaf-grinding machines
  • Roller squeegees
  • Knife sharpeners
  • Front end loaders
  • Hand spreaders
  • Protective ear plugs
  • Push mowers
  • Shovels
  • Arena rakes
  • Digital soil thermometers
  • Spades
  • Turf striping rollers
  • Greens mowers
  • Wheeled paint sprayers
  • Snow shovels
  • Drag spikers
  • Leaf rakes
  • Line trimmers
  • Axes
  • Plow pan spikers
  • Power saws
  • Mulching forks
  • Field painting stencils
  • Gas welders
  • Leaf blowers
  • Hex pluggers
  • Cargo trucks
  • Safety gloves
  • Sod lifters
  • String trimmers
  • Gas generators
  • Backpack blowers
  • Power sweepers
  • Flail mowers
  • Salt spreaders
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Snowplow attachments
  • Ground tarps
  • Utility vehicles
  • Rakes
  • Pick axes
  • Hedge shears
  • Scuffle hoes
  • Soil profilers
  • Aerial lift trucks
  • Safety goggles
  • Tractor broom attachments
  • Pruning saws
  • Saws
  • Pressurized sprayers
  • Ground picks
  • Tillers
  • Paint sprayguns
  • Sprinklers
  • Fertilizer spreaders
  • Turf rollers
  • Backhoes
  • Measuring tapes
  • Hoes
  • Handsaws
  • Trowels
  • Tractors
  • Hammer drills
  • Nail drags
  • Box blades
  • Hammers
  • Pallet trucks
  • Pole saws
  • Snow blowers
  • Measuring wheels
  • Screwdrivers
  • Drag brooms
  • Hydrostatic mowers
  • Soil probes
  • Drawn box scrapers
  • Soil pulverizers
  • Reversible spike harrows
  • Field layout systems
  • Manual mowers
  • Hydraulic booms
  • Chain saws
  • Backpack pump sprayers
  • Bunker rakes
  • Flexible chain-link harrows
  • Iron rakes
  • Electrical cord reels
  • Artificial turf groomers
  • Extension ladders
  • Oetiker clamps
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Handheld power drills
  • Pipe cutters
  • Rubber mallets
  • Dirt shovels
  • Bucket loaders
  • Concrete mixers
  • Loppers
  • Drag leveling bars
  • Brush trimmers
  • Landscape rakes
  • Infield grooming rakes
  • Pruners
  • Mound slope gauges
  • Puddle pumps
  • Cultivators

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