Glaziers
Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.
58,480 people do this job in the US. $57,080 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 6%
- 2%
- 92%
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, 6%. Today's estimate: 6%.
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 . 27 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabricate or install metal sashes or moldings for glass installation, using aluminum or steel framing.Done daily by most who do it. | 12% | 1.3 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Cut, fit, install, repair, or replace glass or glass substitutes, such as plastic or aluminum, in building interiors or exteriors or in furniture or other products.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Install pre-assembled metal or wood frameworks for windows or doors to be fitted with glass panels, using hand tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Set glass doors into frames and bolt metal hinges, handles, locks, or other hardware to attach doors to frames and walls.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Drive trucks to installation sites and unload mirrors, glass equipment, or tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Assemble and cement sections of stained glass together.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Cut, assemble, fit, or attach metal-framed glass enclosures for showers, bathtubs, display cases, skylights, solariums, or other structures.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 2.1 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Read and interpret blueprints or specifications to determine size, shape, color, type, or thickness of glass, location of framing, installation procedures, or staging or scaffolding materials required.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Pack spaces between moldings and glass with glazing compounds and trim excess material with glazing knives.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Load and arrange glass or mirrors onto delivery trucks, using suction cups or cranes to lift glass.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Fasten glass panes into wood sashes or frames with clips, points, or moldings, adding weather seals or putty around pane edges to seal joints.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Cut and attach mounting strips, metal or wood moldings, rubber gaskets, or metal clips to surfaces in preparation for mirror installation.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 33 min17 min to 1.3 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.
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.
Where this job works
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