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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
inspecting and testing equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, analyzing test data to diagnose malfunctions, constructing, testing, maintaining and repairing substation relay and controlling systems and testing insulators and bushings of equipment by inducing voltage across insulation. If that's your week, this page is about your job.
The honest answer
AI changes the edges of this job, not the middle: inspecting and testing equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects is work software can't reach.
What shifts is preparing and maintaining records detailing tests: the overhead at the edges, not the middle you trained for.
Your week, as this page understands it
Inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays. The job title says “electrical”, “electronics repairers”, “powerhouse”, “substation” or “relay”: officially one job, several names. The real job is the part underneath: inspecting and testing equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects. That is the thing someone has to be right about.
The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay is not one task. It is 15 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is inspecting and testing equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, and the ledger below shows exactly why.
Where the work sits, by task weight
- shifting to AI
- 0%
- changing shape
- 30%
- staying human
- 70%
These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.
Whole-job exposure score 24 out of 100 (20–29 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, across 15 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.
How we know this
What is measured: Every published task statement for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.
How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.
Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-05. Read the full method.
Your job, task by task
These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.
- 2 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
Shifting to AI
0 tasksTasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.
Nothing in this job’s scored task list landed in this group. That is the measurement, not an editorial choice, and it is worth knowing either way.
Changing shape
4 tasksTasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.
Preparing and maintaining records detailing tests
The software now makes the first pass at records detailing tests, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Prepare and maintain records detailing tests, repairs, and maintenance.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (52–60 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Test and repair records are routine write-ups software drafts well from the technician's readings and notes.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Notifying facility personnel of equipment shutdowns
The software now makes the first pass at facility personnel of equipment shutdowns, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Shutdown notices are routine messages software can prepare, though a responsible person still confirms and sends them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Analyzing test data to diagnose malfunctions
The software now makes the first pass at test data, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Analyze test data to diagnose malfunctions, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Reading test data to work out what is wrong is mostly analysis, which software does well from recorded numbers.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Maintaining inventories of spare parts for all equipment
The software now makes the first pass at inventories of spare parts, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · CoreSource: “Maintain inventories of spare parts for all equipment, requisitioning parts as necessary.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (52–60 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Tracking spare parts and raising orders is standard stock administration that software handles well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Staying human
11 tasksTasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.
Inspecting and testing equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects
This work happens in the physical world: equipment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring diagrams and testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or ammeters.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (6–14 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Putting meters on circuits and tracing faults means being at the equipment with test gear in hand.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Consulting manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams and engineering personnel to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine optimum equipment functioning
The ratings behind this row put manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams and engineering personnel well outside what today's tools can do on their own.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Consult manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering personnel to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine optimum equipment functioning.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 37 out of 100 (30–44 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Manuals and diagrams are searchable, so software narrows the fault, but confirming it means checking the real equipment.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Repairing, replacing and cleaning equipment and components, circuit breakers, brushes and commutators
This work happens in the physical world: equipment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Repair, replace, and clean equipment and components such as circuit breakers, brushes, and commutators.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Repairing and cleaning breakers, brushes and commutators is hands-on work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.
Opening and closing switches to isolate defective relays
This work happens in the physical world: switches, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Open and close switches to isolate defective relays, performing adjustments or repairs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Opening and closing switches on live equipment is physical work done by an authorized person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Running signal quality and connectivity tests for individual cables
This work happens in the physical world: signal quality, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Run signal quality and connectivity tests for individual cables, and record results.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (6–14 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Running cable tests means physically connecting to each cable, even though results are written down afterwards.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Constructing, testing, maintaining and repairing substation relay and controlling systems
This work happens in the physical world: substation relay, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · SupplementalSource: “Construct, test, maintain, and repair substation relay and control systems.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Building, maintaining and repairing relay and control systems is physical work in the substation.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Show the other 5 tasks
Scheduling and supervising the construction and testing of special devices and the implementation of unique monitoring or controlling systems
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: the construction, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · SupplementalSource: “Schedule and supervise the construction and testing of special devices and the implementation of unique monitoring or control systems.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 18 out of 100 (11–25 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Scheduling is desk work, but supervising construction and testing means being with the crew and the hardware.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Scheduling and supervising splicing or termination of cables in color-code order
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: termination of cables, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · SupplementalSource: “Schedule and supervise splicing or termination of cables in color-code order.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 18 out of 100 (11–25 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Planning the schedule is straightforward, but overseeing cable splicing means being on site with the team.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Testing insulators and bushings of equipment by inducing voltage across insulation
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: insulators, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · SupplementalSource: “Test insulators and bushings of equipment by inducing voltage across insulation, testing current, and calculating insulation loss.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 9 out of 100 (2–16 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: The loss calculation is simple arithmetic, but the test itself is done on live equipment.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Disconnecting voltage regulators, bolts and screws and connecting replacement regulators to high-voltage lines
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: voltage regulators, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · SupplementalSource: “Disconnect voltage regulators, bolts, and screws, and connect replacement regulators to high-voltage lines.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Disconnecting and replacing regulators on high-voltage lines is physical, hazardous work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.
Testing oil in circuit breakers and transformers for dielectric strength
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: oil, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · SupplementalSource: “Test oil in circuit breakers and transformers for dielectric strength, refilling oil periodically.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Drawing oil samples and refilling breakers and transformers is hands-on maintenance.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
What this job pays, and how many people do it
- Median pay
- $103,020a year, the middle of the range, so half earn more and half earn less.bls-oews, 2025 · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
How we know this
Source: bls-oews
Reference period: May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
Rounding: Shown as published.
- People doing this job
- 20,720in the US, 2025.bls-oews · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.
Why this is shifting
The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: records detailing tests in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: preparing and maintaining records detailing tests. What it cannot do is be there in the room, and that is still where equipment gets done. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.
Your move
Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend
Start with what does not change: inspecting and testing equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects is the middle of this job, and the evidence on this page says it stays with a person.
So, given all that: 0% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 30% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 70% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 15 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.
So the thing worth your attention is not the job going away. It is the layer around it. Preparing and maintaining records detailing tests is the part turning into software, and being the person who understands that layer is worth money.
This week: one thing
Ask the one question. Find whoever is bringing new software into your workplace (the manager, the office, whoever runs the system) and ask them what it is meant to do to records detailing tests, and what it is not meant to touch. Ten minutes, this week, before anyone decides it for you.
- What you end up holding
- a straight answer about what is actually being rolled out, and when
- How long it takes
- ten minutes
If there’s nobody obvious to ask, or you’d rather not ask your manager: Put the same question to your union rep, your shift lead or the person who has been there longest, in person, over a break. Same ten minutes, same answer, and you will usually get a straighter one. Write down what they say. The note is the artifact, and it tells you whether manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams and engineering personnel are in scope or not. Nothing to log into, no license needed.
Over the next 90 days
Get inside the tool rollout rather than waiting for it. Over the next ninety days, ask to be in the group that tests, checks or signs off whatever new system arrives near preparing and maintaining records detailing tests. It is usually an unglamorous seat that nobody fights for, and it is the one that decides how the software is used on your job rather than to it.
Over the next 12 months
On this evidence I would not retrain out of this job, and I will say that plainly rather than hedge it. The task list here is dominated by work that stays with a person. What I would do with a year is get formally recognised for the layer around it (the systems, the compliance, the planning), so you are the one who understands the software instead of the one it is done to. Before you pay for anything, use CareerOneStop - Find local training. It is free, it is the Labor Department's own service, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.
The roads out of here, and why I am not sending you down them
I looked at the obvious moves out of this job, and here is what I found.
I checked the 12 nearest US occupations to electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was electricians: only about 6% of its durable work is work you already do and it pays 38.7% less. And on the numbers you do not need one. This job scores 24/100 here, with only 0% of the task list in the top band, and “inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using…” is not work that hands over cleanly. None of them beats deepening what you already have.
How that was checked: this job was compared against all 830 US occupations in this release on their official task statements, and the 12 nearest were examined one by one. A move that turns on an industry, an employer or a qualification rather than on the work itself will not show up in a check like that. And this release carries no licence register, so anything you are weighing needs that looked up separately.
3 moves I checked and rejected
These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.
Electricians
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring…, and their equivalent is to test electrical systems or continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures…. Across both published task lists that is about 6% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 6% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. It is a pay cut, in those words: $63,190 against your $103,020, 38.7% less (OEWS May 2025 (both)). Retraining to earn less is a decision, not advice.
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring…, and their equivalent is to observe and test the operation of machinery or equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using…. Across both published task lists that is about 5% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 5% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. It is a pay cut, in those words: $64,520 against your $103,020, 37.4% less (OEWS May 2025 (both)). Retraining to earn less is a decision, not advice.
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring…, and their equivalent is to test components or circuits of faulty equipment to locate defects, using oscilloscopes, signal…. Across both published task lists that is about 5% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 5% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. It is a pay cut, in those words: $47,810 against your $103,020, 53.6% less (OEWS May 2025 (both)). Retraining to earn less is a decision, not advice.
What I’d stop worrying about
A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.
The headline number you read somewhere
The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 0% of its task weight, across 15 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.
The headlines about your trade disappearing
They are usually about the technology, not the timetable. Changes to work like inspecting and testing equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects arrive through rules, insurance and money, slowly and visibly. This page tracks the task evidence and will move when it moves.
Retraining out of a job that is holding up
On this evidence I would not spend money leaving. Spend it on the layer around the job instead: the tools, the paperwork, the planning. That is where the change actually is.
The “obvious” next job everyone suggests
I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.
You are reading the United States figures
The United Kingdom splits this work across more than one official group, of which Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.
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The other groups this work is counted across:
In UK official statistics this job is counted as Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers, Electricians and electrical fitters and Security system installers and repairers. Pay is shown separately for each of those groups (medians cannot be averaged together), while the task list and the scores on this page are for this group only.
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Why there is no community here
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Questions people ask about this job
- Will AI replace Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay?
- Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 15 official task statements scored for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay (United States, SOC 49-2095), 0% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 24 out of 100 (range 20–29, band: low). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
- Which tasks in “Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay” can AI already do?
- The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns” (56/100, partial); “Prepare and maintain records detailing tests, repairs, and maintenance” (56/100, partial); “Analyze test data to diagnose malfunctions, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications” (56/100, partial). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
- Which tasks in “Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay” stay human?
- About 70% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Test oil in circuit breakers and transformers for dielectric strength, refilling oil periodically” (0/100, minimal); “Disconnect voltage regulators, bolts, and screws, and connect replacement regulators to high-voltage lines” (0/100, minimal); “Repair, replace, and clean equipment and components such as circuit breakers, brushes, and commutators” (0/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
- What should someone working in “Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay” do about AI?
- Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 0% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 70% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
- How is the AI exposure score for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay calculated?
- Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 15 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.
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Worth knowing about these figures
- The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
- 2 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
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- Scores
- Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-05.
- Pay and employment
- bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))
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Collab365 (2026). Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1 (methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0). https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Built with O*NET data (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); ONS data (Open Government Licence v3.0); GAISI task framework (arXiv:2507.22748, MIT); BLS data (public domain).
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@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
title = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
author = {{Collab365}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
note = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
}Data as of release 2026-q4.1, published . Releases never change after publication; when the figures move, a new dated release is published beside this one and this one stays exactly where it is.