AI Career Radar

Home Appliance Repairers

Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.

AI exposure30 / 100Low 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 automation20
Freedom to set tasks78
Repeating the same tasks51
$50,990Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+1.9%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
61Skill 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
Speaking
63
63
Active Listening
63
60
Judgment and Decision Making
63
50
Monitoring
63
47
Complex Problem Solving
62
53
Active Learning
62
47
Coordination
62
44
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
44
Social Perceptiveness
60
44
Instructing
58
31
Learning Strategies
58
28
Systems Analysis
57
41
Service Orientation
56
50
Systems Evaluation
56
31
Persuasion
54
44
Mathematics
53
28
Negotiation
52
31
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
38
Operations Analysis
49
22
Installation
48
50
Equipment Maintenance
47
66
Troubleshooting
47
66
Quality Control Analysis
47
63
Equipment Selection
47
50
Management of Material Resources
47
28
Management of Financial Resources
47
25
Technology Design
47
22
Repairing
46
72
Operations Monitoring
46
63
Programming
45
16
Operation and Control
43
47

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.

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
6%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Installation, Monitoring, Coordination, Active Learning

#2Wind Turbine Service TechniciansInstallation & Repair
85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$64,120
10-yr growth
+29.5%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Systems Evaluation, Instructing, Operations Monitoring

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$95,320
10-yr growth
+10.3%
Skill gap
6%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Monitoring, Coordination, Operation and Control

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Home Appliance 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.