Pipelayers
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
0.18
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, 90% 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 onlyValues 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.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Lay out pipe routes, following written instructions or blueprints and coordinating layouts with supervisors.O*NET Task ID 11537 | 0.5 |
Check slopes for conformance to requirements, using levels or lasers.O*NET Task ID 11530 | 0.0 |
Cover pipes with earth or other materials.O*NET Task ID 11531 | 0.0 |
Connect pipe pieces and seal joints, using welding equipment, cement, or glue.O*NET Task ID 11532 | 0.0 |
Cut pipes to required lengths.O*NET Task ID 11533 | 0.0 |
Install or repair sanitary or stormwater sewer structures or pipe systems.O*NET Task ID 11534 | 0.0 |
Install or use instruments such as lasers, grade rods, or transit levels.O*NET Task ID 11535 | 0.0 |
Grade or level trench bases, using tamping machines or hand tools.O*NET Task ID 11536 | 0.0 |
Align and position pipes to prepare them for welding or sealing.O*NET Task ID 11538 | 0.0 |
Dig trenches to desired or required depths, by hand or using trenching tools.O*NET Task ID 11539 | 0.0 |
Operate mechanized equipment, such as pickup trucks, rollers, tandem dump trucks, front-end loaders, or backhoes.O*NET Task ID 11540 | 0.0 |
Train or supervise others in laying pipe.O*NET Task ID 11541 | 0.0 |
Tap and drill holes into pipes to introduce auxiliary lines or devices.O*NET Task ID 11542 | 0.0 |
Locate existing pipes needing repair or replacement, using magnetic or radio indicators.O*NET Task ID 11543 | 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