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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Maintenance Worker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Maintenance 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%

“Maintenance 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 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

  • 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 markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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