Tile or stone setter
Puts tile, stone, and similar hard materials on walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks.
Will AI replace tile or stone setter jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Low. More AI overlap than 21 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
- Choose and carry out the best layout for the pattern wanted
- Study blueprints and surfaces to work out materials needed
- Measure and mark surfaces to be tiled following blueprints
What stays human
- Line up and straighten tile using levels and squares
- Finish the joints and wipe extra grout off with a damp sponge
- Cut and shape tile to fit around obstacles and odd corners
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +9.8%. Typical pay: $55,690 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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