Millwrights
Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.
40,330 people do this job in the US. $65,700 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 . 23 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Assemble machines, and bolt, weld, rivet, or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.5 work days | Stays with people | |
| Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | Stays with people | |
| Construct foundation for machines, using hand tools and building materials such as wood, cement, and steel.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | Stays with people | |
| Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 6% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Weld, repair, and fabricate equipment or machinery.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Replace defective parts of machine, or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Position steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Conduct preventative maintenance and repair, and lubricate machines and equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h25 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h25 min to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Fabricate and dismantle parts, equipment, and machines, using a cutting torch or other cutting equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 6.7 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.
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.
- Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers4% now, 4% by 2028
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- Industrial Machinery Mechanics15% now, 17% by 2028
- Engine and Other Machine Assemblers8% now, 9% by 2028
- Boilermakers3% now, 3% by 2028
- Machinists11% now, 29% 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).