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Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricWoodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingRefractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
Risk Score40.1%20.1%
Risk TierMedium RiskLow Risk
Risk Percentile81th7th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)6 / 152 / 15
Median Salary$40,440$58,540
Employment63K1K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Controlling Machines and Processes
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Training and Teaching Others
Gross Body Equilibrium
Performing General Physical Activities
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Reaction Time
Handling and Moving Objects

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

23%

total discount

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

25%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

6 of 15 at risk
84%Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.
84%Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts, according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications.
59%Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards.
53%Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.
53%Examine finished workpieces for smoothness, shape, angle, depth-of-cut, or conformity to specifications and verify dimensions, visually and using hands, rules, calipers, templates, or gauges.

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

2 of 15 at risk
53%Transfer clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using forklifts.
51%Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, mortar powder, and water to form refractory clay or mortar, using shovels or mixing machines.
49%Fasten stopper heads to rods with metal pins to assemble refractory stoppers used to plug pouring nozzles of steel ladles.
49%Dump and tamp clay in molds, using tamping tools.
47%Measure furnace walls to determine dimensions and cut required number of sheets from plastic block, using saws.

Wage Comparison

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons earns +$18,100(+45%) vs Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingRefractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
10th
$30,920$37,050
25th
$36,260$48,380
Median
$40,440$58,540
75th
$47,650$73,940
90th
$54,340$81,440

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