AI Career Radar

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers

Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

AI exposure40 / 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 automation29
Freedom to set tasks71
Repeating the same tasks66
$65,380Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
-5.6%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (decline)BLS Employment Projections
57Skill 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
53
Critical Thinking
63
53
Monitoring
63
53
Speaking
63
50
Judgment and Decision Making
63
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
50
Active Learning
62
47
Coordination
62
47
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
Writing
60
44
Social Perceptiveness
60
44
Instructing
58
47
Learning Strategies
58
41
Systems Analysis
57
47
Systems Evaluation
56
47
Service Orientation
56
35
Persuasion
54
31
Mathematics
53
38
Negotiation
52
31
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
31
Operations Analysis
49
22
Installation
48
47
Quality Control Analysis
47
60
Equipment Maintenance
47
50
Equipment Selection
47
47
Troubleshooting
47
47
Management of Material Resources
47
28
Technology Design
47
25
Management of Financial Resources
47
25
Operations Monitoring
46
47
Repairing
46
47
Programming
45
13
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.

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
19%
Retraining
Moderate

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

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
5%
Retraining
Low

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

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$95,320
10-yr growth
+10.3%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Troubleshooting, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Active Listening

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81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$98,100
10-yr growth
+8%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Persuasion, Service Orientation, Active Listening, Speaking

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 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.