Will AI replace Helpers--Carpenters?

AI reaches little of this job’s work.

0/100

Low exposure

More exposed to AI than 2% of US workers.

AI already used in: 0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to: 0% of the work

What the job involves

Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Out of reach(18)

Clean work areas, machines, or equipment, to maintain a clean and safe job site.
Select tools, equipment, or materials from storage and transport items to work site.
Position and hold timbers, lumber, or paneling in place for fastening or cutting.
Fasten timbers or lumber with glue, screws, pegs, or nails and install hardware.
Align, straighten, plumb, or square forms for installation.

and 13 more

Also called

Carpenter Assistant · Carpenter Helper · Timber Framer Helper · Cabinetmaker Helper · Carpenter Mate · Hammerer Helper · Carpenter Apprentice · Beam Builder Helper

What these numbers mean

The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.

“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.

The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.

Sources

O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics