Welders
Manufacturing
SOC 51-4121
~0.5M US jobs
Median $48,000
OFI
14.6
transformation pressure
Robotic welding automates repetitive runs; skilled/field welding remains. — AIOE; Eloundou et al. 2023; modeled
Task transformation under adoption
Share of tasks automated / augmented / human, projected via Bass-diffusion adoption. Scenario, not a prediction.
Exposure profile
Representative tasks
- Weld & join metal
- Read specs
- Inspect welds
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We model task transformation, not job loss. OFI and its projections are scenario estimates grounded in published AI-exposure frameworks — model outputs, not predictions of employment outcomes.