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title: "Will AI Replace Team Assemblers? (2026)"
description: "BLS rates team assemblers' exposure to AI as moderate. What that means, which parts of the work AI touches, and the 2025–2035 outlook (+1.1% projected)."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-team-assemblers"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Will AI Replace Team Assemblers? (2026)

**Short answer:** Unlikely. BLS rates the work's exposure to AI as moderate, below the middle of the pack, and still projects employment to grow.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics places team assemblers in its moderate AI exposure category, below the middle of the pack: some of the work overlaps with what AI can do, much of it does not. BLS projects employment to change by +1.1% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 138,700 openings a year.

| Measure | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLS relative AI exposure | Moderate | BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories |
| NueCareer AI-resilience score | 50/100 | NueCareer analysis of O\*NET 31.0 Database |
| Projected employment change | +1.1% | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Openings a year | 138,700 | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Median annual wage | $44,650 | BLS OEWS May 2025 |

## Exposure categories

| BLS category | Occupations |
| --- | --- |
| Low | 203 |
| Moderate (this job) | 194 |
| High | 190 |
| Very high | 199 |

Exposure means AI could be or has been used to assist with or complete some of the work. BLS says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains, automation probability or wage effects. Method: https://www.bls.gov/emp/publications/ai-exposure-categories.htm

## What holds up

- Face-to-face discussions: 4.8/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Handling and moving objects: 4.4/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Hands-on work with tools and objects: 4.7/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials: 4.2/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)

## What AI reaches first

- Getting information: 4.4/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Repetitive motions: 3.9/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Being exact or highly accurate: 4.7/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Estimating the quantifiable characteristics of products, events, or information: 3.5/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)

## O\*NET tasks

- Perform quality checks on products and parts.
- Shovel, sweep, or otherwise clean work areas.
- Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications.
- Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
- Supervise assemblers and train employees on job procedures.
- Determine work assignments and procedures.

## Related careers less exposed to AI than team assemblers

- [Millwright](https://nuecareer.com/careers/millwright): BLS exposure Low, median $65,700
- [Engine and Other Machine Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/engine-and-other-machine-assembler): BLS exposure Low, median $53,710
- [Helpers--Production Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-production-worker): BLS exposure Low, median $39,070; [Will AI replace production worker helpers?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-production-worker-helpers)
- [Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/welding-soldering-and-brazing-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): BLS exposure Low, median $47,920
- [Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/coating-painting-and-spraying-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): BLS exposure Low, median $48,250; [Will AI replace coating?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-coating)
- [Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/water-and-wastewater-treatment-plant-and-system-operator): BLS exposure Low, median $60,020; [Will AI replace water treatment operators?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-water-treatment-operators)

## FAQ

**Will AI replace team assemblers?**

Unlikely. BLS rates the work's exposure to AI as moderate, below the middle of the pack, and still projects employment to grow. BLS defines exposure as AI being able to assist with or complete some of the work, and says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains or wage effects. BLS projects employment to change by +1.1% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 138,700 openings a year.

**How exposed are team assemblers to AI?**

BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Team Assemblers are in the moderate category, alongside 193 other occupations. The categories combine five public measures of where AI could be or already is used, and they compare occupations with each other rather than giving an absolute risk.

**What parts of a team assembler's job can AI do?**

In O\*NET's description of the work, the parts that overlap most with what AI handles well are getting information, repetitive motions and being exact or highly accurate. The parts that hold up best are face-to-face discussions, handling and moving objects and hands-on work with tools and objects. These come from O\*NET ratings of how important each activity is to the job, read through NueCareer's AI-resilience method.

**Is being a team assembler a safe career from AI?**

On NueCareer's AI-resilience score, built from O\*NET work activities, team assemblers score 50 out of 100, higher than 61% of the occupations we score. The job pays a median of $44,650 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). No job is fully safe from technological change, but the federal exposure category and the projected openings are the two numbers worth weighing.

**What careers similar to team assemblers are less exposed to AI?**

Millwright (low exposure, $65,700 median), Engine and Other Machine Assembler (low exposure, $53,710 median), Helpers--Production Worker (low exposure, $39,070 median), Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender (low exposure, $47,920 median). Each is in a lower BLS exposure category than team assemblers, and most are listed by O\*NET as related to the work.

Full profile: https://nuecareer.com/careers/team-assembler.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 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