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Will AI replace Highway Maintenance Workers?

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

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.

Where AI reaches the work

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

Out of reach(19)

  • Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.
  • Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
  • Drive heavy equipment and vehicles with adjustable attachments to sweep debris from paved surfaces, mow grass and weeds, remove snow and ice, and spread salt and sand.
  • Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.
  • Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.

and 14 more

Also called

Highway Worker · Highway Maintainer · Highway Maintenance Crew Worker · Transportation Worker · Hot Oiler · Lane Marker Installer · Oil Spreader Operator · Road Builder

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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.

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