Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers vs Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic AI Risk

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Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

58 shared · 8 different

core competencies

medium risk

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Side-by-Side Comparison

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers leads 4–1

Metric	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Risk Score	26.2%	34.6%
Risk Tier	Medium Risk	Medium Risk
Risk Percentile	22th	64th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)	4 / 15	8 / 15
Median Salary	$38,860	$45,590
Employment	98K	174K

Skill Comparison

Sorted by largest difference

Controlling Machines and Processes

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment

Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Thinking Creatively

Visual Color Discrimination

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

25%

total discount

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

24%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

4 of 15 at risk

86%Order new parts to maintain inventory.

63%Tend and observe equipment and machinery to verify efficient and safe operation.

53%Apply protective materials to equipment, components, and parts to prevent defects and corrosion.

51%Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment.

49%Diagnose electrical problems and install and rewire electrical components.

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

8 of 15 at risk

86%Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications, such as materials to be used, locations of cutting lines, or dimensions and tolerances.

84%Mark identifying data on workpieces.

67%Examine completed workpieces for defects, such as chipped edges or marred surfaces and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws.

65%Start machines, monitor their operations, and record operational data.

53%Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.

Wage Comparison

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic earns +$6,730(+17%) vs Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersCutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

10th

$28,770$35,000

25th

$33,760$38,400

Median

$38,860$45,590

75th

$46,600$52,150

90th

$54,650$62,650

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers2028–2035

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2028–2035

20242030203520402045

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

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

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

$28,694

from $38,860

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

$29,811

from $45,590

After adjusting for AI risk, Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic offers $1,117 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

Unique to Helpers--Installation,

Unique to Cutting,

Combined Protection Strategy

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

Social Intelligence

Regulatory Barriers

Fine Manipulation

Decision Complexity

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