Installation & Repair

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

SOC 49-9041

Keep factory machinery running and fix it fast when it breaks.

Median pay

$65k

$55k to $79k typical range

Outlook

Growing fast

46k openings / yr

Education

High school

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

10/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

18th pct

More exposed than 18% of occupations · modeled estimate · 34th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

71/100

Key skills

Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Active Learning
Monitoring
Speaking
Reading Comprehension

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.