🤖 BARBIE MODE ACTIVATED 💗    Your adblocker was detected!    Comic Sans has been applied as cosmic punishment 💅    Ads keep this database FREE — please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info!    ✨ Everything is pink and that's entirely your fault ✨    🌸                     🤖 BARBIE MODE ACTIVATED 💗    Your adblocker was detected!    Comic Sans has been applied as cosmic punishment 💅    Ads keep this database FREE — please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info!    ✨ Everything is pink and that's entirely your fault ✨    🌸                     
Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Woodworker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #566 of 702. Estimated risk: 92.0%

Advertisement

A robot took your ad!

Ads keep this free database of 57,000+ jobs alive. Please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info — we promise our ads are tasteful!

AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Woodworker” 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

59%

“Woodworker” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 59% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.

Avg. Annual Salary $47,460
Avg. Hourly Wage $22.82
Available Jobs (US) 79,540
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters #51-7011
Wage vs. National Median
ℹ️

Data is based on the reference occupation: “Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters”

Advertisement

A robot took your ad!

Ads keep this free database of 57,000+ jobs alive. Please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info — we promise our ads are tasteful!

Related Occupations & Automation Risk

Power Distributors and Dispatchers

AI Risk 59%
Robot Risk 40%

Prepress Technicians and Workers

AI Risk 56%
Robot Risk 46%

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders

AI Risk 56%
Robot Risk 61%

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

AI Risk 56%
Robot Risk 54%

Nuclear Power Reactor Operators

AI Risk 55%
Robot Risk 47%

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

AI Risk 55%
Robot Risk 62%

Core Skills & Abilities

  • Match materials for color, grain, or texture, giving attention to knots or other features of the wood.

  • Apply Masonite, formica, or vinyl surfacing materials.

  • Estimate the amounts, types, or costs of needed materials.

  • Draw up detailed specifications and discuss projects with customers.

  • Cut timber to the right size, and shape and trim parts of joints to ensure a snug fit, using hand tools, such as planes, chisels, or wood files.

  • Perform final touch-ups with sandpaper or steel wool.

  • Dip, brush, or spray assembled articles with protective or decorative finishes, such as stain, varnish, paint, or lacquer.

  • Repair or alter wooden furniture, cabinetry, fixtures, paneling, or other pieces.

  • Establish the specifications of articles to be constructed or repaired, or plan the methods or operations for shaping or assembling parts, based on blueprints, drawings, diagrams, or oral or written instructions.

  • Reinforce joints with nails or other fasteners to prepare articles for finishing.

  • Set up or operate machines, including power saws, jointers, mortisers, tenoners, molders, or shapers, to cut, mold, or shape woodstock or wood substitutes.

  • Bore holes for insertion of screws or dowels, by hand or using boring machines.

  • Attach parts or subassemblies together to form completed units, using glue, dowels, nails, screws, or clamps.

  • Trim, sand, or scrape surfaces or joints to prepare articles for finishing.

  • Program computers to operate machinery.

  • Produce or assemble components of articles, such as store fixtures, office equipment, cabinets, or high-grade furniture.

  • Measure and mark dimensions of parts on paper or lumber stock prior to cutting, following blueprints, to ensure a tight fit and quality product.

  • Design furniture, using computer-aided drawing programs.

  • Install hardware, such as hinges, handles, catches, or drawer pulls, using hand tools.

  • Verify dimensions or check the quality or fit of pieces to ensure adherence to specifications.

Technologies & Software

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Cognex Vision AI
  • ABB AI Robotics
  • Rockwell Automation AI
  • Siemens Industrial AI
  • Sight Machine AI
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Computer estimation software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Draw knives
  • Radial drills
  • Power saws
  • Paint application brushes
  • Back saws
  • Spindle shapers
  • Trammel points
  • Miter clamps
  • Hot presses
  • Disk sanders
  • Angle dividers
  • Cam clamps
  • Hand sanding blocks
  • Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
  • Cold presses
  • Pneumatic staplers
  • Spokeshaves
  • Parting tools
  • Overarm routers
  • Combination planes
  • Edging clamps
  • Reciprocating saws
  • Jointer planes
  • Veneer saws
  • Carpentry chisels
  • Mallets
  • Plumb bobs
  • Quick-release clamps
  • Minipresses
  • Plunge routers
  • Utility knives
  • Bench grinders
  • Awls
  • T-squares
  • Paint application rollers
  • Burn-in knives
  • Jack planes
  • Paint spray guns
  • Combination squares
  • Measuring tapes
  • Hand saws
  • Laminate trimmers
  • Jointers
  • Straight screwdrivers
  • Profile grinders
  • Edge sanders
  • Dividers
  • Boring machines
  • Staple guns
  • Power sanders
  • Precision levels
  • Thickness planers
  • Skew chisels
  • Putty knives
  • Bowl gouges
  • Table saws
  • Circular planes
  • Jig saws
  • Line borers
  • Circular saws
  • Hand augers
  • Set squares
  • Computerized numerical control CNC routers
  • Plate jointers
  • T-bevels
  • Power screwguns
  • Moisture meters
  • Nail guns
  • Sliding panel saws
  • Edge banders
  • Locking pliers
  • Panel routers
  • Block planes
  • Slide calipers
  • Wood files
  • Pneumatic nail guns
  • Bench vises
  • Mini lathes
  • Spring clamps
  • Portable routers
  • Bastard flat files
  • Chop saws
  • Marking gauges
  • Case clamps
  • Safety glasses
  • Claw hammers
  • Pin nailers
  • Bowl lathes
  • Drill presses
  • Bench dogs
  • Band clamps
  • Miter saws
  • Protective ear plugs
  • Sliding table saws
  • Morticers
  • Tool sharpeners
  • Random orbital sanders
  • Viscosity cups
  • Templates
  • Smooth planes
  • Safety goggles
  • Cutoff saws
  • Profile molders
  • Adjustable jigs
  • Marking knives
  • Single spindle drill presses
  • Heated putty knives
  • Roughing gouges
  • Lacquer booths
  • Dial calipers
  • Radial arm saws
  • Braces and bits
  • Saber saws
  • Drafting compasses
  • Wood lathes
  • Bar clamps
  • Machinists' squares
  • Parallel jaw clamps
  • Adjustable hand wrenches
  • Water wheels
  • Wide belt sanders
  • Scrapers
  • Phillips head screwdrivers
  • Power routers
  • Wedge clamps
  • Fingernail gouges
  • Rip saws
  • Scroll saws
  • Biscuit joiners
  • Hand screw wood clamps
  • Bandsaws
  • Power drills
  • Metal punches
  • Panel saws
  • Dovetail saws
  • Tenon saws
  • Locking C-clamps
  • Personal computers
  • Steel rules
  • Mill files
  • Belt sanders
  • Shapers
  • Tenoners
  • Metal shears
  • Table routers
  • Digital micrometers
  • Scribers
  • Fore planes
  • Layout squares
  • Power planers
  • Biscuit joining machines

Alternative Job Titles