Industry group, 8112
Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
101,470 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $66,980 a year (BLS, May 2025). What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 48 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 43%
- 13%
- 44%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 17% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this industry's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 21%. Today's estimate: 24%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 40 largest jobs hold 83% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers | 11,940 | 17% | 4.2 million | $45K |
| Computer User Support Specialists | 3,890 | 42% | 3.4 million | $50K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 3,520 | 43% | 3.1 million | $58K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 1,840 | 78% | 3 million | $49K |
| Office Clerks, General | 2,480 | 54% | 2.8 million | $44K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 1,950 | 64% | 2.6 million | $47K |
| General and Operations Managers | 5,220 | 23% | 2.5 million | $101K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | 3,560 | 27% | 2 million | $75K |
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 1,690 | 53% | 1.9 million | $39K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 1,830 | 43% | 1.6 million | $47K |
| Medical Equipment Repairers | 9,580 | 7% | 1.4 million | $62K |
| Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment | 4,350 | 14% | 1.3 million | $52K |
People: BLS counts for this industry, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this industry, else its mean, else the national median. 110 smaller jobs (16,110 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 95% of the industry's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole industry, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Contribute expertise to develop medical maintenance standard operating procedures.Medical Equipment Repairers3 million hours98% of the task within reach
- Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel1.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Study technical manuals or attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.Medical Equipment Repairers1.2 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain parts inventories and order any additional parts needed for repairs.Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers1.2 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop or implement electronic maintenance programs or computer information management systems.First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers1.1 million hours96% of the task within reach
- Read technical manuals, confer with users, or conduct computer diagnostics to investigate and resolve problems or to provide technical assistance and support.Computer User Support Specialists843,741 hours70% of the task within reach
- Identify prospective customers using business directories, leads from clients, or information from conferences or trade shows.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel753,544 hours70% of the task within reach
- Determine feasibility of using standardized equipment or develop specifications for equipment required to perform additional functions.Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment712,534 hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop new calibration methods or techniques based on measurement science, analyses, or calibration requirements.Calibration Technologists and Technicians668,000 hours98% of the task within reach
- Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.General and Operations Managers667,479 hours40% of the task within reach
Scan a typical company in this industry
The industry's largest jobs, in the proportions BLS counts across the whole industry, at the pay it pays, run through the company scan. A starting point before you have a roster, or a benchmark for the one you have.
Next to this industry
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this industry; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works