Will AI replace Home Appliance Repairers?
AI reaches little of this job’s work.
12/100
Low exposure
More exposed to AI than 23% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 16% of the work
What the job involves
Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(4)
- Talk to customers or refer to work orders to establish the nature of appliance malfunctions.
- Refer to schematic drawings, product manuals, and troubleshooting guides to diagnose and repair problems.
- Provide repair cost estimates, and recommend whether appliance repair or replacement is a better choice.
- Record maintenance and repair work performed on appliances.
Out of reach(25)
- Observe and examine appliances during operation to detect specific malfunctions such as loose parts or leaking fluid.
- Bill customers for repair work, and collect payment.
- Disassemble appliances so that problems can be diagnosed and repairs can be made.
- Replace worn and defective parts such as switches, bearings, transmissions, belts, gears, circuit boards, or defective wiring.
- Instruct customers regarding operation and care of appliances, and provide information such as emergency service numbers.
and 20 more
Also called
Appliance Technician (Appliance Tech) · Appliance Tech · Appliance Installer · Electrical Appliance Servicer · Gas Appliance Servicer · Household Appliance Installer · Appliance Repair Technician (Appliance Repair Tech) · Appliance Adjuster
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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.
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