Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
Install, diagnose, or repair communications, sound, security, or navigation equipment in motor vehicles.
8,550 people do this job in the US. $48,420 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 8%
- 2%
- 90%
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, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 8%. Today's estimate: 9%.
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 . 12 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnose or repair problems with electronic equipment, such as sound, navigation, communication, and security equipment, in motor vehicles.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 25% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Remove seats, carpeting, and interiors of doors and add sound-absorbing material in empty spaces, reinstalling interior parts.Done daily by most who do it. | 17% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Install equipment and accessories, such as stereos, navigation equipment, communication equipment, and security systems.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 14% | 1.7 h50 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect and test electrical or electronic systems to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections and testing instruments, such as oscilloscopes and voltmeters.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 9% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Run new speaker and electrical cables.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 8% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Estimate costs of repairs, based on parts and labor charges.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 7% | 33 min17 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures and equipment.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Cut openings and drill holes for fixtures and equipment, using electric drills and routers.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min13 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Replace and clean electrical or electronic components.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Build fiberglass or wooden enclosures for sound components, and fit them to automobile dimensions.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Confer with customers to determine the nature of malfunctions.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 2% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Record results of diagnostic tests.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 2% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | 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.
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.
- Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment8% now, 8% by 2028
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers3% now, 3% by 2028
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment14% now, 20% by 2028
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics4% now, 4% by 2028
- Avionics Technicians6% now, 15% by 2028
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers7% now, 7% 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
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