Takeover Tracker
42%medium risk
Wellhead Pumpers
vs

58 shared · 10 different

core competencies

43%medium risk
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricWellhead PumpersCooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
Risk Score42.4%43.0%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile86th87th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)7 / 1513 / 15
Median Salary$70,010$40,160
Employment17K7K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Training and Teaching Others
Mechanical
Interacting With Computers
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Controlling Machines and Processes
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
Active LearningAI-Augmented
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
Control Precision
Quality Control Analysis

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Wellhead Pumpers

24%

total discount

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

28%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Wellhead Pumpers

7 of 15 at risk
87%Monitor control panels during pumping operations to ensure that materials are being pumped at the correct pressure, density, rate, and concentration.
86%Gauge oil and gas production.
63%Control pumping and blending equipment to acidize, cement, or fracture gas or oil wells and permeable rock formations.
61%Monitor pumps and flow lines for gas and fluid leaks.
61%Operate engines and pumps to shut off wells according to production schedules, and to switch flow of oil into storage tanks.

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

13 of 15 at risk
86%Record temperatures, amounts of materials processed, or test results on report forms.
84%Sample and test product characteristics such as specific gravity, acidity, and sugar content, using hydrometers, pH meters, or refractometers.
69%Weigh packages and adjust freezer air valves or switches on filler heads to obtain specified amounts of product in each container.
67%Monitor pressure gauges, ammeters, flowmeters, thermometers, or products, and adjust controls to maintain specified conditions, such as feed rate, product consistency, temperature, air pressure, and machine speed.
67%Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures.

Wage Comparison

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders earns -$29,850(-43%) vs Wellhead Pumpers
Wellhead PumpersCooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
10th
$39,110$33,710
25th
$54,450$36,150
Median
$70,010$40,160
75th
$80,720$49,150
90th
$97,470$62,760

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Wellhead Pumpers2028–2035
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Wellhead Pumpers has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

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

Wellhead Pumpers

$40,326

from $70,010

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

$22,907

from $40,160

After adjusting for AI risk, Wellhead Pumpers offers $17,418 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Wellhead

0

Unique to Cooling

Combined Protection Strategy

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

Creativity
Social Intelligence
Fine Manipulation
Regulatory Barriers
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