Highway maintenance worker
Maintains highways, roads, and airport runways by patching broken pavement and repairing guard rails and markers, and may mow, clear brush, or plow snow.
Will AI replace highway maintenance worker jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Low. More AI overlap than 3 in 100 jobs. AI touches a small part of this work. Most of the job happens with your hands, your body or in person. 0% of this job’s working time is already spent on tasks people bring to AI at work (Anthropic Economic Index). Based on Microsoft research on real AI use at work, matched to the tasks of each job in O*NET.
What AI already helps with
- Inspect markers to make sure they are installed correctly
What stays human
- Set out signs and cones around work areas to redirect traffic
- Flag drivers to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead
- Do routine upkeep on vehicles and heavy equipment
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +3.4%. Typical pay: $50,260 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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