Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
Repair, maintain, or install computers, word processing systems, automated teller machines, and electronic office machines, such as duplicating and fax machines.
65,600 people do this job in the US. $47,810 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 17%
- 3%
- 80%
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, 17%. Today's estimate: 17%.
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 . 25 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemble machines according to specifications, using hand or power tools and measuring devices.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 13% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Disassemble machines to examine parts, such as wires, gears, or bearings for wear or defects, using hand or power tools and measuring devices.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 11% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Install and configure new equipment, including operating software or peripheral equipment.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 11% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Repair, adjust, or replace electrical or mechanical components or parts, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering or welding equipment.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 10% | 1.1 h17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Travel to customers' stores or offices to service machines or to provide emergency repair service.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Reassemble machines after making repairs or replacing parts.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Test components or circuits of faulty equipment to locate defects, using oscilloscopes, signal generators, ammeters, voltmeters, or special diagnostic software programs.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Maintain parts inventories and order any additional parts needed for repairs.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Operate machines to test functioning of parts or mechanisms.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Advise customers concerning equipment operation, maintenance, or programming.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Update existing equipment, performing tasks such as installing updated circuit boards or additional memory.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Analyze equipment performance records to assess equipment functioning.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 33 min17 min to 1.1 h | 100%Half by now |
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.
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From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
- Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers19,070 people
- Electronics and Appliance Retailers17,720 people
- Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance11,940 people
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services3,180 people
- Miscellaneous Store Retailers (4594 and 4595 only)2,190 people
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).