AI Career Radar

Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

AI exposure41 / 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 tasks75
Repeating the same tasks65
$60,850Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-1.9%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
55Skill 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
Active Listening
63
50
Critical Thinking
63
50
Judgment and Decision Making
63
50
Speaking
63
47
Monitoring
63
44
Coordination
62
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
47
Active Learning
62
44
Reading Comprehension
61
50
Time Management
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
41
Writing
60
35
Instructing
58
31
Learning Strategies
58
28
Systems Analysis
57
28
Service Orientation
56
28
Systems Evaluation
56
25
Persuasion
54
28
Mathematics
53
25
Negotiation
52
28
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
28
Operations Analysis
49
22
Installation
48
47
Equipment Maintenance
47
69
Troubleshooting
47
69
Quality Control Analysis
47
53
Equipment Selection
47
44
Technology Design
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Management of Financial Resources
47
19
Operations Monitoring
46
69
Repairing
46
69
Programming
45
19
Operation and Control
43
66

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.

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Installation, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Learning

#5Wind Turbine Service TechniciansInstallation & Repair
79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$64,120
10-yr growth
+29.5%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Learning Strategies, Instructing

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
25%
Retraining
Moderate

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

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Maintenance Workers, Machinery 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.