AI Automation Index

Will AI Replace Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers?

Task-level automation exposure for Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers: 18 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.

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Automation Exposure

12% weighted task index

18 of 18 tasks scored

Median Salary

$47,630 / year

BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation

Employment Level

Low

20,310 people hold this job — size, not growth

Projected 2025–35

+5.7% employment change

1,300 openings a year · BLS line item

Pay by state

BLS OEWS publishes 45 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.

$36,430 – $63,880

Highest medians

Connecticut $63,880

New Jersey $61,040

North Carolina $60,710

Washington $60,630

Massachusetts $58,490

Lowest medians

Georgia $36,430

New Mexico $37,470

Tennessee $38,420

Kansas $39,900

Oklahoma $41,350

State figures come from the 49-3022 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.

What the score is made of

Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.

Automation potential 12%

Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.

Physical work 87%

Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.

Judgment & influence 7%

Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.

Routine administration 0%

Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.

Rewritten by O*NET 0%

Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.

Consequence of error 2/100 Low

O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.

Constituent Task Mix

18 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.

High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 7%

1 tasks

Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 0%

0 tasks

Low exposure (below 35%) 93%

17 tasks

How would you survive?

Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.

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Constituent Tasks

#8325 · Core · 62% automatable

Select appropriate tools, safety equipment, and parts, according to job requirements.

decision support — Equipment selection needs site context and judgment

Determine types of equipment, tools, or materials needed for jobs.

#20645 · Core · 9% automatable

Prime all scratches on pinchwelds with primer and allow to dry.

physical manipulation — Painting surfaces is hands-on manual work

Paint surfaces or equipment. Replace vehicle glass.

#8318 · Core · 9% automatable

Remove all dirt, foreign matter, and loose glass from damaged areas, apply primer along windshield or window edges, and allow primer to dry.

physical manipulation — Painting surfaces is hands-on manual work

Paint surfaces or equipment. Replace vehicle glass.

#8323 · Core · 9% automatable

Check for and remove moisture or contamination in damaged areas and keep areas dry until repairs are complete.

physical manipulation — Hands-on cleaning of physical workpieces

Clean workpieces or finished products.

#8324 · Core · 8% automatable

Apply a bead of urethane around the perimeter of each pinchweld and dress the remaining urethane on the pinchwelds so that it is of uniform level and thickness.

physical manipulation — Physical glass removal and installation

Replace vehicle glass.

#8322 · Core · 18% automatable

Obtain windshields or windows for specific automobile makes and models from stock and examine them for defects prior to installation.

visual inspection — Physical vehicle structural inspection requires hands-on access

Inspect structural components of vehicles to identify problems.

#8329 · Core · 8% automatable

Install, repair, or replace safety glass and related materials, such as back glass heating elements, on vehicles or equipment.

physical manipulation — Physical glass removal and installation

Replace vehicle glass. Repair non-engine automotive or vehicle components.

#20646 · Core · 8% automatable

Install replacement glass in vehicles.

physical manipulation — Physical glass removal and installation

Replace vehicle glass.

#8320 · Core · 8% automatable

Allow all glass parts installed with urethane ample time to cure, taking temperature and humidity into account.

physical manipulation — Physical glass removal and installation

Replace vehicle glass.

#8327 · Core · 5% automatable

Replace all moldings, clips, windshield wipers, or other parts that were removed prior to glass replacement or repair.

physical manipulation — Reassembly after repair requires hands-on fitting

Reassemble equipment after repair.

#8326 · Core · 8% automatable

Remove broken or damaged glass windshields or window glass from motor vehicles, using hand tools to remove screws from frames holding glass.

physical manipulation — Physical glass removal and installation

Replace vehicle glass.

#8333 · Core · 9% automatable

Replace or adjust motorized or manual window-raising mechanisms.

physical manipulation — Hands-on vehicle component adjustment

Adjust vehicle components according to specifications. Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts. Repair non-engine automotive or vehicle components.

#8328 · Core · 8% automatable

Remove moldings, clips, windshield wipers, screws, bolts, and inside A-pillar moldings and lower headliners in preparation for installation or repair work.

physical manipulation — Removing vehicle parts requires hands-on mechanical work

Remove parts or components from vehicles.

#8334 · Core · 5% automatable

Install new foam dams on pinchwelds, if required.

physical manipulation — Replacing machine parts requires hands and tools

Install machine or equipment replacement parts.

#8330 · Core · 8% automatable

Install rubber channeling strips around edges of glass or frames to weatherproof windows or to prevent rattling.

physical manipulation — Physical glass removal and installation

Replace vehicle glass.

#8332 · Supplemental · 8% automatable

Cut flat safety glass according to specified patterns or perform precision pattern making and glass cutting to custom fit replacement windows.

physical manipulation — Physical cutting to specifications

Cut materials according to specifications or needs.

#8331 · Supplemental · 8% automatable

Hold cut or uneven edges of glass against automated abrasive belts to shape or smooth edges.

physical manipulation — Physical cutting to specifications

Cut materials according to specifications or needs.

#8335 · Supplemental · 10% automatable

Cool or warm glass in the event of temperature extremes.

physical manipulation — Physical preparation of materials by hand

Prepare materials for processing.

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Method

How this was scored

1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.

Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.

Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast

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