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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Highway Maintenance Crew Worker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Highway Maintenance Crew Worker” 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 Maintenance Crew Worker” 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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

Technologies & Software

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