Tire Repairers and Changers
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 222 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
Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Remount wheels onto vehicles.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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