Segmental Pavers
Lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units.
$49,910 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
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- 99%
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On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
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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 . 12 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set pavers, aligning and spacing them correctly.Done daily by most who do it. | 23% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Resurface an outside area with cobblestones, terracotta tiles, concrete or other materials.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 23% | 2.1 work days6.7 h to 1 work week | Stays with people | |
| Supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand.Done daily by most who do it. | 12% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Prepare base for installation by removing unstable or unsuitable materials, compacting and grading the soil, draining or stabilizing weak or saturated soils and taking measures to prevent water penetration and migration of bedding sand.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 12% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Cut paving stones to size and for edges, using a splitter and a masonry saw.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 1.7 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Compact bedding sand and pavers to finish the paved area, using a plate compactor.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Design paver installation layout pattern and create markings for directional references of joints and stringlines.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Screed sand level to an even thickness, and recheck sand exposed to elements, raking and rescreeding if necessary.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Sweep sand into the joints and compact pavement until the joints are full.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 1.3 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Sweep sand from the surface prior to opening to traffic.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Discuss the design with the client.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 0.8% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Cement the edges of the paved area.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 0.7% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 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.
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Where this job works
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