Skilled Trades · SOC 49-3023
Diagnoses and repairs vehicles.
Parts of the job are exposed, but judgment and context still matter.
Timeline: Mostly resilient — diagnostics get smarter, hands stay essential.
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$45,000 median pay
$61,000 median pay
$61,000 median pay
AI job-risk card
Automotive Mechanic is watch on AIFear. Parts of the job are exposed, but judgment and context still matter.
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Our AI Fear Score for Automotive Mechanic is 41/100 (Watch). Parts of the job are exposed, but judgment and context still matter.
41 out of 100. It blends a Frey & Osborne automation probability of 59% with an estimated LLM task-exposure of 20%.
Most exposed: Diagnostic code lookup, Service writing. Harder to automate: Physical repair, Diagnosing intermittent faults.
Lean into EV systems, Advanced diagnostics, Specialization. Consider roles such as EV/hybrid specialist or Shop foreman.
AI Fear Score blends Frey & Osborne (2013) automation probability with an LLM task-exposure estimate (after Eloundou et al., 2023). Pay/employment are approximate BLS figures. This is an estimate, not a prediction about any individual's job. Compare all occupations.