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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Highway Maintainer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Highway Maintainer” 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 47% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

60%

“Highway Maintainer” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 60% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Highway Maintenance Workers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.

Avg. Annual Salary $51,410
Avg. Hourly Wage $24.72
Available Jobs (US) 151,750
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Highway Maintenance Workers #47-4051
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Highway Maintenance Workers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Drive heavy equipment and vehicles with adjustable attachments to sweep debris from paved surfaces, mow grass and weeds, remove snow and ice, and spread salt and sand.

  • Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.

  • Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways.

  • Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.

  • Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.

  • Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.

  • Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.

  • Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.

  • Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.

  • Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.

  • Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.

  • Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.

  • Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines.

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

  • Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.

Technologies & Software

  • Spreadsheet software
  • Procore AI
  • Microsoft Word
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Buildots AI
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Autodesk Construction AI
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Web browser software
  • Database software
  • Jackhammers
  • Truck mounted cranes
  • Pavement rollers
  • Circuit testing equipment
  • Power screeds
  • Desktop computers
  • Hydraulic spreaders
  • Two-wheel drive front end loaders
  • Sewer cleaners
  • Sand spreaders
  • Seeders
  • Transport trucks
  • Power broom street sweepers
  • Vans
  • Bucket trucks
  • Impact wrenches
  • Flatbed trailers
  • Stone box spreaders
  • Pavement joint sealers
  • 8-ton dump trucks
  • Culvert cleaners
  • Tar distributors
  • Draglines
  • Mounted pavement breakers
  • Steam cleaning equipment
  • Theodolites
  • Bituminous pavers
  • Bush axes
  • Paint transfer pumps
  • Harrows
  • Picks
  • Push mowers
  • 13000-23000 pound graders
  • Scissor trucks
  • Tar kettles
  • Rock cutters
  • Asphalt reclaimers
  • Water pumps
  • Self-propelled road wideners
  • Brush chippers
  • Gas transporters
  • Pull type pavers
  • Platform trucks
  • Paint mixers
  • Medium pressure hydraulic pumps
  • Gradalls
  • Multipurpose vacuum street sweepers
  • Hole diggers/augers
  • Low boys
  • Hammers
  • Water trucks
  • Rock drills
  • Truck low-bed trailer combos
  • Swiss hammers
  • Rakes
  • Measuring wheels
  • Windrow loaders
  • Concrete saws
  • Snowplows
  • Two way radios
  • Pothole excavation milling machines
  • Mud jacks
  • 10-ton tandem-axle dump trucks
  • Heavy trucks
  • Truck-mounted pavement striping machines
  • Cherry pickers
  • Pile drivers
  • Chip spreaders
  • Hydraulic excavators
  • Dump trucks
  • Graders
  • Digger derricks
  • Paint guns
  • Tanker trucks
  • Personal computers
  • 4-6 ton roller patchers
  • Scaffolding
  • Cold planers
  • Shovels
  • Epoxy guns
  • Pressure washers
  • Tow brooms
  • Air compressors
  • Stump cutters
  • Snow blowers
  • Boom trucks
  • Compactors
  • Swinging stages
  • Rear brush hog mowers
  • Pavement grinders
  • Weedeaters
  • High-pressure hydraulic pumps
  • Chemical sprayers
  • Pneumatic tampers
  • Sewer eels
  • Catch basin vacuum cleaners
  • Forklifts
  • Generators
  • Berm drag tractors
  • Side dozers
  • Towable barricades
  • Spades
  • Tractor disc attachments
  • Athey loaders
  • Concrete paving vibrators
  • Concrete groovers
  • Chain saws
  • Thermoplastic applicators
  • Laydown machines
  • Four-wheel drive front end loaders
  • Self-propelled cranes
  • Rear flail mowers
  • 10-ton crawlers
  • Front end loaders
  • Tire chains
  • Oil heating burners
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Snoopers
  • Belly dump tractor trailers
  • Machetes
  • Tractor-mounted mowers
  • Rotary snowplows
  • Side-mount rotary mowers
  • Truck mounted excavators
  • Power saws
  • Aggregate spreaders
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Screwdrivers
  • Laser printers
  • Patch rollers less than 9 tons
  • Wheeled hydraulic booms
  • Computerized weed spray trucks
  • Sandblasters
  • 30-ton clam buckets
  • Graffiti removing lasers
  • Self-propelled sweepers
  • Ditchers
  • Concrete mixers
  • Bulldozers
  • Light trucks
  • Portable welding equipment

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