First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
812,210 people do this job in the US. $79,920 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 48%
- 20%
- 32%
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, 37%. Today's estimate: 42%.
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 . 15 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.Done daily by most who do it. | 18% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.Done daily by most who do it. | 12% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | 98%Half by now | |
| Provide assistance to workers engaged in construction or extraction activities, using hand tools or other equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Train workers in construction methods, operation of equipment, safety procedures, or company policies.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | 96%Half by now | |
| Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Locate, measure, and mark site locations or placement of structures or equipment, using measuring and marking equipment.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 5% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Suggest or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or hires.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | 65%Half by now | |
| Confer with managerial or technical personnel, other departments, or contractors to resolve problems or to coordinate activities.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 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.
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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).