Construction & Extraction

Paving & Surfacing Operators

SOC 47-2071

Run the machines that pave roads and surfaces.

Median pay

$53k

$46k to $65k typical range

Outlook

Growing

4k openings / yr

Education

High school

AI exposure

49%

modeled estimate · 1th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

62/100

Key skills

Monitoring
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Speaking
Active Learning
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 we model AI exposure.