Takeover Tracker
26%medium risk
Elevator Installers and Repairers
vs

56 shared · 32 different

core competencies

24%low risk
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricElevator Installers and RepairersMaintenance and Repair Workers, General
Risk Score25.8%23.9%
Risk TierMedium RiskLow Risk
Risk Percentile22th16th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)6 / 154 / 15
Median Salary$106,580$48,620
Employment23K1.5M

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
Mechanical
Design
Controlling Machines and Processes
Customer and Personal Service
Building and Construction
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
Physics
Performing General Physical Activities

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Elevator Installers and Repairers

32%

total discount

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

26%

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.

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

4 of 15 at risk
86%Order parts, supplies, or equipment from catalogs or suppliers.
58%Test and treat water supply.
55%Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.
53%Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or schematic diagrams.
41%Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.

Wage Comparison

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General earns -$57,960(-54%) vs Elevator Installers and Repairers
Elevator Installers and RepairersMaintenance and Repair Workers, General
10th
$54,720$33,860
25th
$76,700$39,050
Median
$106,580$48,620
75th
$131,740$61,710
90th
$149,250$76,110

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Elevator Installers and Repairers2028–2035
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 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

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

$36,985

from $48,620

After adjusting for AI risk, Elevator Installers and Repairers offers $42,065 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Elevator

0

Unique to Maintenance

Combined Protection Strategy

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

Creativity
Decision Complexity
Social Intelligence
Fine Manipulation
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