Stonemasons
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 61 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with a small part of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
Almost none of this job's tasks are the kind AI can help with or automate.
Tasks AI can't do much of
Set vertical and horizontal alignment of structures, using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Lay out wall patterns or foundations, using straight edge, rule, or staked lines.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Set stone or marble in place, according to layout or pattern.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Remove wedges, fill joints between stones, finish joints between stones, using a trowel, and smooth the mortar to an attractive finish, using a tuck pointer.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Clean excess mortar or grout from surface of marble, stone, or monument, using sponge, brush, water, or acid.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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Skills you already have
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