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Equipment Maintenance at work

25 jobs lean on it. O*NET rates it most important for aircraft mechanics and service technicians.

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O*NET defines equipment maintenance as: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

25 jobs on this site rate it as important or very important. In those jobs, AI and robots touch an average of 25m of an 8-hour shift, 1h 9m less than the 1h 33m average across all jobs.

Good pay, least AI time

Jobs that lean on equipment maintenance, pay at least the $64,520 median for this group, and have the least AI or robot time.

  1. Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers no AI or robot evidence · $109,910
  2. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay no AI or robot evidence · $103,020
  3. Avionics Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $82,280
  4. Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $79,870
  5. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment no AI or robot evidence · $74,090
  6. Robotics Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $73,900
  7. Rail Car Repairers no AI or robot evidence · $67,530
  8. Millwrights no AI or robot evidence · $65,700
  9. Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics no AI or robot evidence · $65,510
  10. Industrial Machinery Mechanics 6m touched · $64,520

How much AI touches these jobs

Of the 25 jobs, 15 have no AI or robot evidence, 6 have under an hour, 3 have 1 to 3 hours and 1 has 3 hours or more.

Skills that usually come with it

Jobs that rely on equipment maintenance most often also rely on repairing (96%), troubleshooting (92%), operations monitoring (76%), critical thinking (64%), quality control analysis (40%).

Jobs that rely on it most

  1. Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $79,870
  2. Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 34m touched · $56,550
  3. Industrial Machinery Mechanics 6m touched · $64,520
  4. Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics no AI or robot evidence · $65,510
  5. Medical Equipment Repairers no AI or robot evidence · $61,660
  6. Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers no AI or robot evidence · $109,910
  7. Wind Turbine Service Technicians 12m touched · $64,120
  8. Signal and Track Switch Repairers 1h 5m touched · $92,460
  9. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 11m touched · $49,590
  10. Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics no AI or robot evidence · $47,880
  11. Hydroelectric Plant Technicians 3h 20m touched · $102,040
  12. Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $57,550
  13. Avionics Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $82,280
  14. Robotics Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $73,900
  15. Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers no AI or robot evidence · $56,210
  16. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment no AI or robot evidence · $74,090
  17. Machinery Maintenance Workers 49m touched · $60,850
  18. Millwrights no AI or robot evidence · $65,700
  19. Rail Car Repairers no AI or robot evidence · $67,530
  20. Ship Engineers 29m touched · $109,530
  21. Home Appliance Repairers no AI or robot evidence · $50,990
  22. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay no AI or robot evidence · $103,020
  23. Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers 1h 5m touched · $63,890
  24. Motorcycle Mechanics no AI or robot evidence · $48,580
  25. Helpers for Extraction Workers 2h 29m touched · $47,730

Importance ratings come from O*NET 30.1, on a 1 to 5 scale; this page counts a job when the rating is 3.5 or higher. Time touched comes from each job's time card (how we keep time). See every skill or search by task.