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24 sectors indexed. Showing role-level rankings for Utilities (22).
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Manufacturing (33)
63 roles • 77% avg exposure
Highest: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Lowest: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Open sector rankingAccommodation and Food Services (72)
20 roles • 76% avg exposure
Highest: Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
Lowest: Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other
Open sector rankingManufacturing (32)
25 roles • 76% avg exposure
Highest: Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Lowest: Machinists
Open sector rankingAgriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (11)
14 roles • 74% avg exposure
Highest: Agricultural Equipment Operators
Lowest: Logging Workers, All Other
Open sector rankingRetail Trade (45)
4 roles • 73% avg exposure
Highest: Parts Salespersons
Lowest: Advertising Sales Agents
Open sector rankingTransportation and Warehousing (48)
40 roles • 67% avg exposure
Highest: Bus Drivers, School
Lowest: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
Open sector rankingOther Services (except Public Administration) (81)
20 roles • 65% avg exposure
Highest: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Lowest: Recreation Workers
Open sector rankingTransportation and Warehousing (49)
8 roles • 62% avg exposure
Highest: Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Lowest: Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
Open sector rankingUtilities (22)
15 roles • 61% avg exposure
Highest: Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
Lowest: Civil Engineers
Open sector rankingMining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (21)
22 roles • 60% avg exposure
Highest: Floor Sanders and Finishers
Lowest: Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
Open sector rankingReal Estate and Rental and Leasing (53)
17 roles • 60% avg exposure
Highest: Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Lowest: Quality Control Systems Managers
Open sector rankingConstruction (23)
41 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Lowest: Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Open sector rankingManufacturing (31)
85 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Sewing Machine Operators
Lowest: Solar Energy Systems Engineers
Open sector rankingRetail Trade (44)
3 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Lowest: Insurance Sales Agents
Open sector rankingWholesale Trade (42)
12 roles • 59% avg exposure
Highest: Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Lowest: Sales Engineers
Open sector rankingArts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)
20 roles • 56% avg exposure
Highest: Manicurists and Pedicurists
Lowest: Set and Exhibit Designers
Open sector rankingAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services (56)
61 roles • 55% avg exposure
Highest: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Lowest: Chief Executives
Open sector rankingFinance and Insurance (52)
56 roles • 55% avg exposure
Highest: Order Clerks
Lowest: Architectural and Engineering Managers
Open sector rankingInformation (51)
18 roles • 52% avg exposure
Highest: Designers, All Other
Lowest: News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Open sector rankingProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)
187 roles • 52% avg exposure
Highest: Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Lowest: Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Open sector rankingManagement of Companies and Enterprises (55)
4 roles • 47% avg exposure
Highest: Tax Preparers
Lowest: Purchasing Managers
Open sector rankingHealth Care and Social Assistance (62)
151 roles • 41% avg exposure
Highest: Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Lowest: Nurse Anesthetists
Open sector rankingPublic Administration (92)
85 roles • 41% avg exposure
Highest: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Lowest: Mental Health Counselors
Open sector rankingEducational Services (61)
45 roles • 34% avg exposure
Highest: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Lowest: Archivists
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Utilities (22)
Highest automation exposure roles in this sector. Showing top 15 results.
#1High confidenceToolingHPHelpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 77% • SOC 47-3014.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#2Low confidenceToolingFEFence Erectors
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Fence Erectors shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 73% • SOC 47-4031.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#3High confidenceWorkflowSMSheet Metal Workers
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Sheet Metal Workers shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 72% • SOC 47-2211.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#4Medium confidenceOperationsPAPlasterers and Stucco Masons
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Plasterers and Stucco Masons shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 69% • SOC 47-2161.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#5High confidenceAnalysisCMCement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 65% • SOC 47-2051.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#6High confidencePlanningSTSeptic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 64% • SOC 47-4071.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#7Low confidenceAnalysisTLTelecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair • Utilities
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 64% • SOC 49-9052.00
Diagnostics assistantMaintenance workflowField reporting
#8Low confidenceOperationsDADrafters, All Other
Architecture and Engineering • Utilities
Drafters, All Other shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 63% • SOC 17-3019.00
CAD automationSimulation toolingTechnical copilot
#9High confidencePlanningHHelpers--Roofers
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Helpers--Roofers shows high exposure in repetitive digital tasks, with human review still required.
Exposure benchmark: 63% • SOC 47-3016.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#10High confidenceExecutionWAWatch and Clock Repairers
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair • Utilities
Watch and Clock Repairers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 57% • SOC 49-9064.00
Diagnostics assistantMaintenance workflowField reporting
#11Medium confidenceOperationsEAEnergy Auditors
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Energy Auditors is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 56% • SOC 47-4011.01
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#12Low confidenceWorkflowUMUnderground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 53% • SOC 47-5049.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#13High confidenceToolingPPipelayers
Construction and Extraction • Utilities
Pipelayers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 50% • SOC 47-2151.00
Project workflowPlanning assistantDocumentation copilot
#14High confidenceExecutionMAMaintenance and Repair Workers, General
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair • Utilities
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 47% • SOC 49-9071.00
Diagnostics assistantMaintenance workflowField reporting
#15High confidencePlanningCECivil Engineers
Architecture and Engineering • Utilities
Civil Engineers is a hybrid role where automation assists execution but does not fully replace ownership.
Exposure benchmark: 43% • SOC 17-2051.00
CAD automationSimulation toolingTechnical copilot