AI Career Radar

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.

AI exposure35 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation25
Freedom to set tasks82
Repeating the same tasks66
$109,910Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+5.7%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
62Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Critical Thinking
63
66
Active Listening
63
60
Judgment and Decision Making
63
60
Monitoring
63
53
Speaking
63
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Active Learning
62
53
Coordination
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
53
Time Management
61
50
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
44
Social Perceptiveness
60
41
Learning Strategies
58
35
Instructing
58
31
Systems Analysis
57
53
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Service Orientation
56
38
Persuasion
54
35
Mathematics
53
31
Negotiation
52
25
Science
52
22
Management of Personnel Resources
50
28
Operations Analysis
49
16
Installation
48
63
Equipment Maintenance
47
75
Troubleshooting
47
75
Quality Control Analysis
47
63
Equipment Selection
47
60
Technology Design
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
19
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Repairing
46
75
Operations Monitoring
46
66
Programming
45
9
Operation and Control
43
56

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
16%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Service Orientation

77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
16%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Speaking, Active Listening

74/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
29%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Writing

#5Wind Turbine Service TechniciansInstallation & Repair
74/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$64,120
10-yr growth
+29.5%
Skill gap
6%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Instructing, Learning Strategies, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.