AI Career Radar

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.

AI exposure36 / 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 automation34
Freedom to set tasks83
Repeating the same tasks57
$74,090Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+0.3%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
67Skill 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
69
Judgment and Decision Making
63
56
Active Listening
63
53
Speaking
63
53
Monitoring
63
53
Complex Problem Solving
62
56
Active Learning
62
50
Coordination
62
47
Reading Comprehension
61
53
Time Management
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
50
Social Perceptiveness
60
50
Learning Strategies
58
47
Instructing
58
47
Systems Analysis
57
50
Service Orientation
56
47
Systems Evaluation
56
47
Persuasion
54
47
Mathematics
53
44
Science
52
44
Negotiation
52
31
Management of Personnel Resources
50
38
Operations Analysis
49
28
Installation
48
47
Equipment Maintenance
47
69
Troubleshooting
47
69
Quality Control Analysis
47
69
Equipment Selection
47
53
Technology Design
47
28
Management of Financial Resources
47
25
Management of Material Resources
47
25
Operations Monitoring
46
72
Repairing
46
72
Programming
45
28
Operation and Control
43
50

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.

91/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$120,230
10-yr growth
+34.6%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

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

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

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

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Active Learning

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
2%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Installation, Coordination

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 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.