Helpers--Carpenters
Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
21,680 people do this job in the US. $43,780 a year.
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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, 0%. Today's estimate: 0%.
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 . 19 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean work areas, machines, or equipment, to maintain a clean and safe job site.Done daily by most who do it. | 14% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Align, straighten, plumb, or square forms for installation.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 11% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Cover surfaces with laminated plastic covering material.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 1.7 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Construct forms and assist in raising them to the required elevation.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Fasten timbers or lumber with glue, screws, pegs, or nails and install hardware.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Select tools, equipment, or materials from storage and transport items to work site.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 29 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Cut or weld metal.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Secure stakes to grids for constructions of footings, nail scabs to footing forms, and vibrate and float concrete.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Erect scaffolding, shoring, or braces.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform tie spacing layout and measure, mark, drill or cut.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 50 min17 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Smooth or sand surfaces to remove ridges, tool marks, glue, or caulking.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Position and hold timbers, lumber, or paneling in place for fastening or cutting.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 17 min8 min to 50 min | 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.
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters6% now, 6% by 2028
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons0% now, 0% by 2028
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters0% now, 0% by 2028
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers2% now, 2% by 2028
- Helpers--Electricians1% now, 1% by 2028
- Helpers--Extraction Workers0% now, 0% 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
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).