AI Automation Index

Will AI Replace Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers?

Task-level automation exposure for Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers: 14 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.

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Automation Exposure

19% weighted task index

14 of 14 tasks scored

Median Salary

$45,990 / year

BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation

Employment Level

Low

3,020 people hold this job — size, not growth

Projected 2025–35

+5.8% employment change

300 openings a year · BLS line item

Pay by state

BLS OEWS publishes 21 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.

$26,690 – $59,450

Highest medians

California $59,450

Washington $56,690

Missouri $55,390

North Carolina $51,460

Virginia $50,500

Lowest medians

West Virginia $26,690

Alabama $34,670

Kentucky $34,770

Texas $34,910

Florida $39,140

State figures come from the 49-9095 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 19%

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

Physical work 78%

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

Judgment & influence 8%

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

Routine administration 8%

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 0/100 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

14 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) 8%

1 tasks

Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 7%

1 tasks

Low exposure (below 35%) 85%

12 tasks

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Constituent Tasks

#13879 · Core · 7% automatable

Move and set up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks.

physical manipulation — Operating heavy equipment by hand in field

Move large objects using heavy equipment. Install prefabricated or manufactured structures.

#13878 · Core · 5% automatable

Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.

physical manipulation — Sealing gaps requires hands-on application

Seal gaps or cracks to prevent leakage or moisture intrusion.

#13887 · Core · 10% automatable

Repair leaks in plumbing or gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.

physical manipulation — Pipe leak repair requires hands-on manipulation

Repair pipes to stop leaking.

#13881 · Core · 10% automatable

Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of plumbing fixtures.

physical manipulation — Connecting hoses to piping is manual fitting

Connect hoses to equipment or piping.

#13883 · Core · 73% automatable

List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, and diagrams.

text generation — Record parts and repair details from provided data

Estimate costs for labor or materials. Plan work procedures. Record information about parts, materials or repair procedures.

#13885 · Core · 8% automatable

Install, repair, and replace units, fixtures, appliances, and other items and systems in mobile and modular homes, prefabricated buildings, or travel trailers, using hand tools or power tools.

physical manipulation — Appliance installation requires physical labor

Install home appliances.

#13880 · Core · 29% automatable

Inspect, examine, and test the operation of parts or systems to evaluate operating condition and to determine if repairs are needed.

visual inspection — System checks partly aided by telemetry, still human-verified

Inspect systems to determine if they are operating properly. Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.

#13884 · Core · 53% automatable

Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units.

decision support — Diagnosis from description aided, repair judgment human

Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine repairs or modifications needed. Confer with customers or users to assess problems.

#13882 · Core · 8% automatable

Remove damaged exterior panels, repair and replace structural frame members, and seal leaks, using hand tools.

physical manipulation — Structural repair is hands-on physical work

Remove parts or components from equipment. Seal gaps or cracks to prevent leakage or moisture intrusion. Repair structural components.

#13889 · Core · 18% automatable

Open and close doors, windows, and drawers to test their operation, trimming edges to fit, using jackplanes or drawknives.

physical manipulation — Hands-on mechanical testing in physical environment

Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning. Cut materials according to specifications or needs.

#13888 · Supplemental · 18% automatable

Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, and hand tools.

physical manipulation — Hands-on wiring repair in physical environment

Repair electrical circuits or wiring.

#13886 · Supplemental · 5% automatable

Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.

physical manipulation — Reassembly after repair requires hands-on fitting

Reassemble equipment after repair.

#13890 · Supplemental · 10% automatable

Connect electrical systems to outside power sources and activate switches to test the operation of appliances and light fixtures.

physical manipulation — Physical power supply connection work

Control power supply connections. Connect electrical components or equipment.

#13891 · Supplemental · 10% automatable

Refinish wood surfaces on cabinets, doors, moldings, and floors, using power sanders, putty, spray equipment, brushes, paints, or varnishes.

physical manipulation — Refinishing surfaces is skilled manual labor

Refinish wood or metal surfaces.

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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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