Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
65,010 people do this job in the US. $74,090 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 20%
- 4%
- 76%
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, 13%. Today's estimate: 14%.
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 . 20 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop or modify industrial electronic devices, circuits, or equipment, according to available specifications.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 25% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 12% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Determine feasibility of using standardized equipment or develop specifications for equipment required to perform additional functions.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 2.1 h50 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | 98%Half by now | |
| Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Advise management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, or suggestions for product improvements.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | 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.
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians17% now, 55% by 2028
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians17% now, 49% by 2028
- Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment8% now, 8% by 2028
- Robotics Technicians11% now, 26% by 2028
- Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians4% now, 17% by 2028
- Avionics Technicians6% now, 15% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).