Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Construction, Maintenance & RepairAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Low· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.11
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 98% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Read blueprints or other specifications to determine methods of installation, work procedures, or material or tool requirements.47-2081 | 0.017291.3 |
Measure and mark surfaces to lay out work, according to blueprints or drawings, using tape measures, straightedges or squares, and marking devices.47-2081 | 0.00168.7 |
| Not observed on any surface — 24 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | |
Fit and fasten wallboard or drywall into position on wood or metal frameworks, using glue, nails, or screws. | —0 |
Hang dry lines to wall moldings to guide positioning of main runners. | —0 |
Measure and cut openings in panels or tiles for electrical outlets, windows, vents, plumbing, or other fixtures, using keyhole saws or other cutting tools. | —0 |
Hang drywall panels on metal frameworks of walls and ceilings in offices, schools, or other large buildings, using lifts or hoists to adjust panel heights when necessary. | —0 |
Assemble or install metal framing or decorative trim for windows, doorways, or vents. | —0 |
Coordinate work with drywall finishers who cover the seams between drywall panels. | —0 |
Trim rough edges from wallboard to maintain even joints, using knives. | —0 |
Cut and screw together metal channels to make floor or ceiling frames, according to plans for the location of rooms or hallways. | —0 |
Inspect furrings, mechanical mountings, or masonry surfaces for plumbness and level, using spirit or water levels. | —0 |
Cut fixture or border tiles to size, using keyhole saws, and insert them into surrounding frameworks. | —0 |
Cut metal or wood framing and trim to size, using cutting tools. | —0 |
Install horizontal and vertical metal or wooden studs to frames so that wallboard can be attached to interior walls. | —0 |
Scribe and cut edges of tile to fit walls where wall molding is not specified. | —0 |
Fasten metal or rockboard lath to the structural framework of walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using nails, screws, staples, or wire-ties. | —0 |
Suspend angle iron grids or channel irons from ceilings, using wire. | —0 |
Seal joints between ceiling tiles and walls. | —0 |
Mount tile, using adhesives, or by nailing, screwing, stapling, or wire-tying lath directly to structural frameworks. | —0 |
Install blanket insulation between studs and tack plastic moisture barriers over insulation. | —0 |
Install metal lath where plaster applications will be exposed to weather or water, or for curved or irregular surfaces. | —0 |
Apply cement to backs of tiles and press tiles into place, aligning them with layout marks or joints of previously laid tile. | —0 |
Nail channels or wood furring strips to surfaces to provide mounting for tile. | —0 |
Wash concrete surfaces before mounting tile to increase adhesive qualities of surfaces, using washing soda and zinc sulfate solution. | —0 |
Apply or mount acoustical tile or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings or walls of buildings to reduce reflection of sound or to decorate rooms. | —0 |
Remove existing plaster, drywall, or paneling, using crowbars and hammers. | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Measure and mark surfaces to lay out work, according to blueprints or drawings, using tape measures, straightedges or squares, and marking devices.O*NET Task ID 13503 | 0.5 |
Read blueprints or other specifications to determine methods of installation, work procedures, or material or tool requirements.O*NET Task ID 13504 | 0.5 |
Fit and fasten wallboard or drywall into position on wood or metal frameworks, using glue, nails, or screws.O*NET Task ID 13505 | 0.0 |
Hang dry lines to wall moldings to guide positioning of main runners.O*NET Task ID 13506 | 0.0 |
Measure and cut openings in panels or tiles for electrical outlets, windows, vents, plumbing, or other fixtures, using keyhole saws or other cutting tools.O*NET Task ID 13507 | 0.0 |
Hang drywall panels on metal frameworks of walls and ceilings in offices, schools, or other large buildings, using lifts or hoists to adjust panel heights, when necessary.O*NET Task ID 13508 | 0.0 |
Assemble or install metal framing or decorative trim for windows, doorways, or vents.O*NET Task ID 13509 | 0.0 |
Coordinate work with drywall finishers who cover the seams between drywall panels.O*NET Task ID 13510 | 0.0 |
Trim rough edges from wallboard to maintain even joints, using knives.O*NET Task ID 13511 | 0.0 |
Cut and screw together metal channels to make floor or ceiling frames, according to plans for the location of rooms or hallways.O*NET Task ID 13512 | 0.0 |
Inspect furrings, mechanical mountings, or masonry surfaces for plumbness and level, using spirit or water levels.O*NET Task ID 13513 | 0.0 |
Cut fixture or border tiles to size, using keyhole saws, and insert them into surrounding frameworks.O*NET Task ID 13514 | 0.0 |
Cut metal or wood framing and trim to size, using cutting tools.O*NET Task ID 13515 | 0.0 |
Install horizontal and vertical metal or wooden studs to frames so that wallboard can be attached to interior walls.O*NET Task ID 13516 | 0.0 |
Scribe and cut edges of tile to fit walls where wall molding is not specified.O*NET Task ID 13517 | 0.0 |
Fasten metal or rockboard lath to the structural framework of walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using nails, screws, staples, or wire-ties.O*NET Task ID 13518 | 0.0 |
Suspend angle iron grids or channel irons from ceilings, using wire.O*NET Task ID 13519 | 0.0 |
Seal joints between ceiling tiles and walls.O*NET Task ID 13520 | 0.0 |
Mount tile, using adhesives, or by nailing, screwing, stapling, or wire-tying lath directly to structural frameworks.O*NET Task ID 13521 | 0.0 |
Install blanket insulation between studs and tack plastic moisture barriers over insulation.O*NET Task ID 13522 | 0.0 |
Install metal lath where plaster applications will be exposed to weather or water, or for curved or irregular surfaces.O*NET Task ID 13523 | 0.0 |
Apply cement to backs of tiles and press tiles into place, aligning them with layout marks or joints of previously laid tile.O*NET Task ID 13524 | 0.0 |
Nail channels or wood furring strips to surfaces to provide mounting for tile.O*NET Task ID 13525 | 0.0 |
Wash concrete surfaces before mounting tile to increase adhesive qualities of surfaces, using washing soda and zinc sulfate solution.O*NET Task ID 13526 | 0.0 |
Apply or mount acoustical tile or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings or walls of buildings to reduce reflection of sound or to decorate rooms.O*NET Task ID 13527 | 0.0 |
Remove existing plaster, drywall, or paneling, using crowbars and hammers.O*NET Task ID 13528 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page