Mechanical Door Repairers
Install, service, or repair automatic door mechanisms and hydraulic doors. Includes garage door mechanics.
27,120 people do this job in the US. $55,720 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 4%
- 0%
- 96%
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, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 4%. Today's estimate: 4%.
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 . 25 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Install door frames, rails, steel rolling curtains, electronic-eye mechanisms, or electric door openers and closers, using power tools, hand tools, and electronic test equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 18% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Fabricate replacements for worn or broken parts, using welders, lathes, drill presses, or shaping or milling machines.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 11% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 1.7 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Assemble and fasten tracks to structures or bucks, using impact wrenches or welding equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Install dock seals, bumpers, or shelters.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Set doors into place or stack hardware sections into openings after rail or track installation.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Run low voltage wiring on ceiling surfaces, using insulated staples.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare doors for hardware installation, such as drilling holes to install locks.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 29 min17 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Adjust doors to open or close with the correct amount of effort, or make simple adjustments to electric openers.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 33 min13 min to 1.1 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.
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- Locksmiths and Safe Repairers9% now, 20% by 2028
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers2% now, 2% by 2028
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General5% now, 15% by 2028
- Sheet Metal Workers11% now, 18% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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- Building Equipment Contractors8,320 people
- Building Material and Supplies Dealers5,030 people
- Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)510 people
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Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).