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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Highway 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 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 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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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