Will AI replace Solar Energy Installation Managers?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
26/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 43% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 44% of the work
What the job involves
Direct work crews installing residential or commercial solar photovoltaic or thermal systems.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(7)
- Provide technical assistance to installers, technicians, or other solar professionals in areas such as solar electric systems, solar thermal systems, electrical systems, or mechanical systems.
- Estimate materials, equipment, and personnel needed for residential or commercial solar installation projects.
- Identify means to reduce costs, minimize risks, or increase efficiency of solar installation projects.
- Coordinate or schedule building inspections for solar installation projects.
- Prepare solar installation project proposals, quotes, budgets, or schedules.
and 2 more
Out of reach(8)
- Supervise solar installers, technicians, and subcontractors for solar installation projects to ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Plan and coordinate installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar and solar thermal systems to ensure conformance to codes.
- Assess system performance or functionality at the system, subsystem, and component levels.
- Perform start-up of systems for testing or customer implementation.
- Assess potential solar installation sites to determine feasibility and design requirements.
and 3 more
Also called
Solar Energy Installation Manager · Solar Installation Manager · Solar Installation Supervisor · Commercial Field Manager · Commercial Solar Superintendent · Installation Manager · Residential Field Manager · Residential Field Supervisor
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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