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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay?
Task-level automation exposure for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay: 15 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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44%
weighted task index
15 of 15 tasks scored
Median Salary
$103,020 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Low
20,720 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+9.7%
employment change
1,800 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 49 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$37,360 – $131,050
Highest medians
Oregon $131,050
Hawaii $127,330
Washington $125,620
Colorado $125,560
Alaska $125,260
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $37,360
Nevada $74,360
North Dakota $75,050
Arizona $79,160
Louisiana $80,610
State figures come from the 49-2095 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 44%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 25%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 18%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 16%
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 85/100
High
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
15 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) 33%
4 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 24%
4 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 43%
7 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.
Simulate Upskilling →Emerging & rewritten tasks
Tasks O*NET added or rewrote for this occupation in its recent updates (05/2025 – 08/2026), with who proposed them. Additions are not in the scored task inventory — they are new work O*NET is still measuring, so they appear here and nowhere in the index. A Revision replaces a task that is scored, which is why only those move the "Rewritten by O*NET" share.
- New 07/2017 · Incumbent
Calibrate instruments, such as transmitters.
- New 05/2025 · AI/SME
Use drones for inspection of high-voltage lines and other hard-to-reach equipment.
Constituent Tasks
#11743 · Core · 24% automatable
Inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring diagrams and testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or ammeters.
data analysis — Electrical testing requires hands-on instrument use
Inspect equipment to locate or identify electrical problems. Test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.
#11747 · Core · 80% automatable
Prepare and maintain records detailing tests, repairs, and maintenance.
text generation — Document routine operational activities from inputs
Document operational activities. Maintain repair or maintenance records.
#11744 · Core · 78% automatable
Consult manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering personnel to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine optimum equipment functioning.
information retrieval — Technical reading for maintenance well handled
Read technical information needed to perform maintenance or repairs.
#11748 · Core · 66% automatable
Analyze test data to diagnose malfunctions, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications.
data analysis — Performance data analysis; equipment context human
Analyze test or performance data to assess equipment operation.
#11746 · Core · 14% automatable
Open and close switches to isolate defective relays, performing adjustments or repairs.
physical manipulation — Hands-on wiring repair in physical environment
Control power supply connections. Repair electrical circuits or wiring.
#11745 · Core · 48% automatable
Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns.
interpersonal — Real-time coworker coordination is relational work
Confer with coworkers to coordinate work activities.
#11750 · Core · 14% automatable
Repair, replace, and clean equipment and components such as circuit breakers, brushes, and commutators.
physical manipulation — Physical component-level repair work
Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order. Repair electrical components.
#11753 · Core · 56% automatable
Run signal quality and connectivity tests for individual cables, and record results.
text generation — Write test result reports from data
Test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning. Document test results.
#11756 · Core · 73% automatable
Maintain inventories of spare parts for all equipment, requisitioning parts as necessary.
decision support — Ordering via systems automatable; human approves spend
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products. Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
#11742 · Supplemental · 23% automatable
Construct, test, maintain, and repair substation relay and control systems.
data analysis — Electrical testing requires hands-on instrument use
Test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning. Repair electronic equipment.
#11749 · Supplemental · 25% automatable
Test insulators and bushings of equipment by inducing voltage across insulation, testing current, and calculating insulation loss.
physical manipulation — Electrical probing and meter work by hand
Test electrical circuits or components for proper functioning.
#11752 · Supplemental · 48% automatable
Schedule and supervise the construction and testing of special devices and the implementation of unique monitoring or control systems.
data analysis — AI coordinates repair schedules; human handles field issues
Schedule repair, installation or maintenance activities. Supervise employees.
#11754 · Supplemental · 48% automatable
Schedule and supervise splicing or termination of cables in color-code order.
data analysis — AI coordinates repair schedules; human handles field issues
Schedule repair, installation or maintenance activities. Supervise employees.
#11755 · Supplemental · 22% automatable
Test oil in circuit breakers and transformers for dielectric strength, refilling oil periodically.
physical manipulation — Fluid testing requires lab equipment handling
Test fluids to identify contamination or other problems.
#11751 · Supplemental · 10% automatable
Disconnect voltage regulators, bolts, and screws, and connect replacement regulators to high-voltage lines.
physical manipulation — Connecting electrical components is manual work
Connect electrical components or equipment.
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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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