Grounds Maintenance Workers

Construction, Maintenance & Repair

AI exposure

  • Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08

    Low· relative

    LowFour relative bandsVery high

    Group-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

    Source dataset (XLSX download)

  • Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03

    0.000

    0.000Range of values carried here0.745
    Scale, basis and source

    Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published

    Mapped onto O*NET tasks

    Source dataset

  • Data source: ILOPublished: 2025

    0.12

    0.09Range of values carried here0.70

    Group-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, 97% score at or above this value.

    Source dataset

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

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.

TaskβE1 + 0.5 × E2
Advise customers on plant selection or care.

O*NET Task ID 9608

0.5
Mark design boundaries, and paint natural or artificial turf fields with team logos or names before events.

O*NET Task ID 9613

0.5
Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.

O*NET Task ID 9589

0.0
Shovel snow from walks, driveways, or parking lots, and spread salt in those areas.

O*NET Task ID 9590

0.0
Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.

O*NET Task ID 9591

0.0
Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.

O*NET Task ID 9592

0.0
Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.

O*NET Task ID 9593

0.0
Gather and remove litter.

O*NET Task ID 9594

0.0
Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.

O*NET Task ID 9595

0.0
Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.

O*NET Task ID 9596

0.0
Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features.

O*NET Task ID 9597

0.0
Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.

O*NET Task ID 9598

0.0
Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.

O*NET Task ID 9599

0.0
Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.

O*NET Task ID 9600

0.0
Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.

O*NET Task ID 9601

0.0
Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.

O*NET Task ID 9602

0.0
Decorate gardens with stones or plants.

O*NET Task ID 9603

0.0
Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.

O*NET Task ID 9604

0.0
Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses.

O*NET Task ID 9605

0.0
Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.

O*NET Task ID 9606

0.0
Haul or spread topsoil, or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.

O*NET Task ID 9607

0.0
Care for artificial turf fields, periodically removing the turf and replacing cushioning pads or vacuuming and disinfecting the turf after use to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.

O*NET Task ID 9609

0.0
Plan or cultivate lawns or gardens.

O*NET Task ID 9610

0.0
Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.

O*NET Task ID 9611

0.0
Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment.

O*NET Task ID 9612

0.0
Build forms and mix and pour cement to form garden borders.

O*NET Task ID 9614

0.0
Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.

O*NET Task ID 20761

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®, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

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