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Underwater Construction Divers

SOC 49-9092

Perform construction, welding, and inspection work underwater.

The job
Median pay
$73k
$55k to $102k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+4.8% projected
Openings a year
400
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
13/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
10th pct
More exposed than 10% of occupations · modeled estimate · 27th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
60/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Florida3700.01.7×$50k
Texas3690.01.2×$46k~
California3100.00.8×$102k
Louisiana2300.15.4×$62k
New York1700.00.8×$158k
Pennsylvania1270.00.9×$73k~
Ohio1260.01.0×$73k~
Connecticut1200.13.2×$60k
Illinois1190.00.9×$74k~
Georgia1170.01.1×$71k~
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
North Carolina1150.01.1×$69k~
Virginia880.01.0×$62k~
Tennessee820.01.1×$69k~
Arizona800.01.1×$86k~
Michigan800.00.8×$55k
New Jersey800.00.8×$87k~
Vermont800.311.9×$86k
Indiana780.01.1×$84k~
Washington760.01.0×$162k~
Hawaii700.15.0×$96k
Missouri670.01.0×$63k~
Colorado640.01.0×$77k~
Wisconsin640.01.0×$74k~
Alabama610.01.3×$69k~
Massachusetts610.00.8×$80k~
Minnesota580.00.9×$77k~
Maryland550.00.9×$75k~
Kentucky530.01.2×$64k~
Oklahoma520.01.4×$67k~
Oregon410.00.9×$76k~
Iowa400.01.2×$73k~
Utah390.01.0×$72k~
Arkansas350.01.2×$61k~
Kansas350.01.1×$71k~
Nevada350.01.0×$74k~
Mississippi330.01.3×$60k~
South Carolina300.00.6×$49k
Nebraska260.01.1×$72k~
Idaho220.01.2×$69k~
New Mexico210.01.1×$63k~
West Virginia200.01.3×$61k~
Maine160.01.1×$75k~
New Hampshire160.01.1×$76k~
Montana130.01.1×$72k~
North Dakota130.01.4×$76k~
Alaska110.01.5×$92k~
South Dakota110.01.1×$72k~
Wyoming100.01.6×$75k~
Delaware90.00.8×$75k~
Rhode Island90.00.8×$126k~
Washington DC60.00.4×$88k~

Top metro areas

  1. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX100 jobs · $51k median
  2. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL100 jobs
  3. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL90 jobs · $55k median
  4. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC90 jobs · $63k median
  5. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT70 jobs · $60k median
  6. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA60 jobs · $102k median
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD50 jobs · $84k median
  8. Urban Honolulu, HI50 jobs · $96k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.