Helpers--Roofers
Help roofers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
6,030 people do this job in the US. $44,160 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 . 18 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide assistance to skilled roofers installing and repairing roofs, flashings, and surfaces.Done daily by most who do it. | 20% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Remove old roofing materials.Done daily by most who do it. | 13% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Attach roofing paper and composition shingles, using nails.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Apply shingles, gravel, or asphalt over the top layer of tar to protect the roofing material.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 1.7 h1.1 h to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Cover roofs with layers of roofing felt or asphalt strips before installing tile, slate, or composition materials.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 2.1 h1.3 h to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Place tiles, nail them to roof boards, and cover nailheads with roofing cement.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h1.1 h to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Check to ensure that completed roofs are watertight.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Hoist tar and roofing materials to roofs, using ropes and pulleys, or carry materials up ladders.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform emergency leak repairs and general maintenance for a variety of roof types.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Attach sheets of metal to roof boards or building frameworks when installing metal roofs.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.1 h50 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Unload materials and tools from work trucks, and unroll roofing as directed.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Set ladders, scaffolds, and hoists in place for taking supplies to roofs.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 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.
- Roofers2% now, 2% by 2028
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons0% now, 0% by 2028
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters0% now, 0% by 2028
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters6% now, 6% by 2028
- Helpers--Carpenters0% now, 0% by 2028
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons2% now, 2% 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).