Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
Replace or repair broken windshields and window glass in motor vehicles.
20,310 people do this job in the US. $47,630 a year.
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Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
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Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
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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, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 0%. Today's estimate: 0%.
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 . 18 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Install, repair, or replace safety glass and related materials, such as back glass heating elements, on vehicles or equipment.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 23% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Install replacement glass in vehicles.Done daily by most who do it. | 21% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Remove broken or damaged glass windshields or window glass from motor vehicles, using hand tools to remove screws from frames holding glass.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 9% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Apply a bead of urethane around the perimeter of each pinchweld and dress the remaining urethane on the pinchwelds so that it is of uniform level and thickness.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 6% | 21 min13 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Replace or adjust motorized or manual window-raising mechanisms.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Replace all moldings, clips, windshield wipers, or other parts that were removed prior to glass replacement or repair.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Remove all dirt, foreign matter, and loose glass from damaged areas, apply primer along windshield or window edges, and allow primer to dry.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 17 min8 min to 33 min | Stays with people | |
| Install rubber channeling strips around edges of glass or frames to weatherproof windows or to prevent rattling.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 42 min | Stays with people | |
| Remove moldings, clips, windshield wipers, screws, bolts, and inside A-pillar moldings and lower headliners in preparation for installation or repair work.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Select appropriate tools, safety equipment, and parts, according to job requirements.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 3% | 8 min4 min to 17 min | Stays with people | |
| Obtain windshields or windows for specific automobile makes and models from stock and examine them for defects prior to installation.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 13 min7 min to 21 min | Stays with people | |
| Prime all scratches on pinchwelds with primer and allow to dry.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 8 min4 min to 17 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.
- Glaziers6% now, 6% by 2028
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers7% now, 8% by 2028
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics4% now, 4% by 2028
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders1% now, 1% by 2028
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic0% now, 0% by 2028
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment3% now, 3% 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).