Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Service automobiles, buses, trucks, boats, and other automotive or marine vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and accessories. Collect payment for services and supplies. May lubricate vehicle, change motor oil, refill antifreeze, or replace lights or other accessories, such as windshield wiper blades or fan belts. May repair or replace tires.
102,010 people do this job in the US. $35,670 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 12%
- 0%
- 88%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 12%. Today's estimate: 12%.
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.
The tasks
Sorted by . 14 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perform minor repairs, such as adjusting brakes, replacing spark plugs, or changing engine oil or filters.Done daily by most who do it. | 20% | 38 min21 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Sell and install accessories, such as batteries, windshield wiper blades, fan belts, bulbs, or headlamps.Done daily by most who do it. | 16% | 29 min17 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Grease and lubricate vehicles or specified units, such as springs, universal joints, or steering knuckles, using grease guns or spray lubricants.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 13% | 21 min13 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Rotate, test, and repair or replace tires.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 12% | 42 min25 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Clean parking areas, offices, restrooms, or equipment, and remove trash.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Maintain customer records and follow up periodically with telephone, mail, or personal reminders of services due.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 8% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Check tire pressure and levels of fuel, motor oil, transmission, radiator, battery, or other fluids, adding air or fluids as required.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 8% | 10 min7 min to 17 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare daily reports of fuel, oil, and accessory sales.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 21 min13 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Collect cash payments from customers, and make change or charge purchases to customers' credit cards, providing customers with receipts.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 3% | 4 min3 min to 7 min | Stays with people | |
| Test and charge batteries.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 21 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Order stock, and price and shelve incoming goods.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 2% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Clean windshields.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 2% | 4 min2 min to 8 min | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics4% now, 4% by 2028
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers29% now, 29% by 2028
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery7% now, 7% by 2028
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment3% now, 3% by 2028
- Home Appliance Repairers16% now, 16% by 2028
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists0% now, 0% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).