AI exposure Construction and extraction
Will AI replace elevator and escalator installers and repairers?
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers. US occupation 47-4021.
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0.0%
of the time elevator and escalator installers and repairers spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of elevator and escalator installers and repairers' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.
Ranked 346 of 756 US occupations. No AI use seen in the work yet, along with 410 other occupations.No handover started yet, along with 410 other occupations.
Per cent of working time Square-law scale
Average US job 7.7%
Among the least exposed jobs there are.Still waiting for liberation.
What AI already does for elevator and escalator installers and repairersWhat elevator and escalator installers and repairers no longer do alone
O*NET lists 20 tasks for elevator and escalator installers and repairers. None of them shows meaningful AI use at work yet.
What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human
20 of the 20 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.
- Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.Core task
- Assemble, install, repair, and maintain elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and dumbwaiters, using hand and power tools, and testing devices such as test lamps, ammeters, and voltmeters.Core task
- Attach guide shoes and rollers to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through shafts.Core task
- Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.Core task
- Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.Core task
- Connect electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors.Core task
Show the other 14
- Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.Core task
- Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.Core task
- Install electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor and pulling plastic-covered wires through the conduit.Core task
- Install outer doors and door frames at elevator entrances on each floor of a structure.Core task
- Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.Core task
- Maintain log books that detail all repairs and checks performed.Core task
- Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.Core task
- Participate in additional training to keep skills up to date.Core task
- Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.Core task
- Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time.Core task
- Assemble electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and install associated motors and electrical wiring.
- Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors.
- Bolt or weld steel rails to the walls of shafts to guide elevators, working from scaffolding or platforms.
- Cut prefabricated sections of framework, rails, and other components to specified dimensions.
How that compares
Among the 56 construction and extraction occupations, elevator and escalator installers and repairers rank 18. The group averages 0.4%, and its most exposed job is Structural Iron and Steel Workers at 4.9%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.
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What this does and does not mean
Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.
A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.
Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.