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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

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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