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title: "AI-Resistant Careers"
description: "Occupations whose work is hardest to automate, meaning hands-on, in-person, or judgement-heavy, scored by NueCareer’s AI-resilience analysis of O*NET…"
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-resistant-careers"
last-updated: "2026-08-23T15:56:39.581Z"
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# AI-Resistant Careers

Occupations whose work is hardest to automate, meaning hands-on, in-person, or judgement-heavy, scored by NueCareer’s AI-resilience analysis of O\*NET work-activity data.

30 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/manufactured-building-and-mobile-home-installer) | $45,990 | +5.9% | High school |
| 2 | [Electrical Power-Line Installer and Repairer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-power-line-installer-and-repairer) | $95,320 | +6.6% | High school |
| 3 | [First-Line Supervisor of Firefighting and Prevention Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-firefighting-and-prevention-workers) | $93,530 | +3.4% | Certificate |
| 4 | [Firefighter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/firefighter) | $59,280 | +3.4% | Certificate |
| 5 | [Helpers--Extraction Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-extraction-worker) | $47,730 | -1.7% | High school |
| 6 | [Helpers--Electrician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-electrician) | $42,670 | +0.2% | High school |
| 7 | [Earth Driller, Except Oil and Gas](https://nuecareer.com/careers/earth-driller) | $60,190 | +2.9% | High school |
| 8 | [Segmental Paver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/segmental-paver) | $49,910 | +3.5% | High school |
| 9 | [Bicycle Repairer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bicycle-repairer) | $42,780 | -2.3% | High school |
| 10 | [Electrician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrician) | $63,190 | +9.5% | High school |
| 11 | [Service Unit Operator, Oil and Gas](https://nuecareer.com/careers/service-unit-operator-oil-and-gas) | $58,160 | +0.4% | No formal credential |
| 12 | [Roofer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/roofer) | $55,440 | +5.9% | No formal credential |
| 13 | [Construction Laborer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-laborer) | $47,120 | +7.3% | No formal credential |
| 14 | [Wind Energy Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wind-energy-operations-manager) | $141,900 | +4.5% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Tree Trimmer and Pruner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tree-trimmer-and-pruner) | $50,960 | +3.3% | High school |
| 16 | [Oil and Gas Roustabout](https://nuecareer.com/careers/oil-and-gas-roustabout) | $46,960 | +2.5% | No formal credential |
| 17 | [Baggage Porter and Bellhop](https://nuecareer.com/careers/baggage-porter-and-bellhop) | $37,080 | -1.6% | High school |
| 18 | [Sheet Metal Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sheet-metal-worker) | $61,800 | +2.4% | High school |
| 19 | [Operating Engineer and Other Construction Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/operating-engineer-and-other-construction-equipment-operator) | $59,850 | +3.6% | High school |
| 20 | [Painter, Construction and Maintenance](https://nuecareer.com/careers/painter-construction-and-maintenance) | $49,400 | +3.8% | No formal credential |
| 21 | [Stone Cutter and Carver, Manufacturing](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stone-cutter-and-carver-manufacturing) | $46,170 | +6.2% | High school |
| 22 | [Agricultural Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/agricultural-equipment-operator) | $41,730 | +7.7% | No formal credential |
| 23 | [Rotary Drill Operator, Oil and Gas](https://nuecareer.com/careers/rotary-drill-operator-oil-and-gas) | $67,890 | +0.2% | No formal credential |
| 24 | [First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-landscaping-lawn-service-and-groundskeeping-workers) | $58,430 | +2.3% | High school |
| 25 | [Stonemason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stonemason) | $57,390 | -3.0% | High school |
| 26 | [Helpers--Pipelayer, Plumber, Pipefitter, and Steamfitter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-pipelayer-plumber-pipefitter-and-steamfitter) | $42,360 | +4.9% | High school |
| 27 | [Landscaping and Groundskeeping Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/landscaping-and-groundskeeping-worker) | $39,150 | +3.6% | No formal credential |
| 28 | [Commercial Diver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/commercial-diver) | $72,990 | +8.5% | Certificate |
| 29 | [Plasterer and Stucco Mason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plasterer-and-stucco-mason) | $57,660 | +4.1% | No formal credential |
| 30 | [Glazier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/glazier) | $57,080 | +3.3% | High school |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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