Tile and Stone Setters
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 hold steady over the next decade, with about 267 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.
AI can help with or automate about 16% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Determine and implement the best layout to achieve a desired pattern.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Study blueprints and examine surface to be covered to determine amount of material needed.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Measure and mark surfaces to be tiled, following blueprints.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare cost and labor estimates, based on calculations of time and materials needed for project.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Align and straighten tile using levels, squares, and straightedges.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Finish and dress the joints and wipe excess grout from between tiles, using damp sponge.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Cut and shape tile to fit around obstacles and into odd spaces and corners, using hand and power cutting tools.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Mix, apply, and spread plaster, concrete, mortar, cement, mastic, glue or other adhesives to form a bed for the tiles, using brush, trowel and screed.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Lay and set mosaic tiles to create decorative wall, mural, and floor designs.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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