Takeover Tracker
26%medium risk
Elevator Installers and Repairers
vs

73 shared · 21 different

core competencies

16%low risk
Boilermakers

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricElevator Installers and RepairersBoilermakers
Risk Score25.8%16.1%
Risk TierMedium RiskLow Risk
Risk Percentile22th2th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)6 / 153 / 15
Median Salary$106,580$73,340
Employment23K10K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
Customer and Personal Service
Computers and Electronics
Mechanical
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
Developing Objectives and Strategies
Physics
Production and Processing
Interacting With Computers
Public Safety and Security
MathematicsAI-Vulnerable
Installation

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Elevator Installers and Repairers

32%

total discount

Boilermakers

30%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Elevator Installers and Repairers

6 of 15 at risk
88%Maintain log books that detail all repairs and checks performed.
77%Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
74%Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time.
73%Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
55%Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.

Boilermakers

3 of 15 at risk
55%Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
51%Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
51%Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
43%Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.
39%Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.

Wage Comparison

Boilermakers earns -$33,240(-31%) vs Elevator Installers and Repairers
Elevator Installers and RepairersBoilermakers
10th
$54,720$48,390
25th
$76,700$62,230
Median
$106,580$73,340
75th
$131,740$93,520
90th
$149,250$107,600

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Elevator Installers and Repairers2028–2035
Boilermakers2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Boilermakers has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Elevator Installers and Repairers.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Elevator Installers and Repairers

$79,050

from $106,580

Boilermakers

$61,554

from $73,340

After adjusting for AI risk, Elevator Installers and Repairers offers $17,496 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Elevator

0

Unique to Boilermakers

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Creativity
Fine Manipulation
Social Intelligence
Decision Complexity
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