Energy Auditors
Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.
$74,690 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 64%
- 0%
- 36%
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, 26%. Today's estimate: 35%.
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 . 21 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare audit reports containing energy analysis results or recommendations for energy cost savings.Done daily by most who do it. | 20% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 1.7 work days | 10%Half by May 2027 | |
| Collect and analyze field data related to energy usage.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect or evaluate building envelopes, mechanical systems, electrical systems, or process systems to determine the energy consumption of each system.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | 55%Half by now | |
| Analyze technical feasibility of energy-saving measures, using knowledge of engineering, energy production, energy use, construction, maintenance, system operation, or process systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 5 h | 70%Half by now | |
| Identify and prioritize energy-saving measures.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | 90%Half by now | |
| Perform tests such as blower-door tests to locate air leaks.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Calculate potential for energy savings.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 h50 min to 5 h | 76%Half by now | |
| Prepare job specification sheets for home energy improvements, such as attic insulation, window retrofits, or heating system upgrades.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 5 h | 70%Half by now | |
| Recommend energy-efficient technologies or alternate energy sources.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | 90%Half by now | |
| Determine patterns of building use to show annual or monthly needs for heating, cooling, lighting, or other energy needs.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | 55%Half by now | |
| Measure energy usage with devices such as data loggers, universal data recorders, light meters, sling psychrometers, psychrometric charts, flue gas analyzers, amp probes, watt meters, volt meters, thermometers, or utility meters.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 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.
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025). Counts are for the broader BLS group this job sits in.
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