All occupations › Construction & extractionCan AI Replace Electricians in 2026? Lower exposure. AI could handle about 17% of today's electricians tasks by 2036, and there is a 7% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI mostly assists people in this role.
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Timeline Year 2030 Headcount (2025 = 100)
101
Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
7% 2030 · 7% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
~1 roles
0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 7% 2027: 7% 2028: 8% 2029: 9% 2030: 10% 2031: 12% 2032: 13% 2033: 15% 2034: 16% 2035: 16% 2036: 17% 10% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 100 2027: 100 2028: 101 2029: 101 2030: 101 2031: 101 2032: 101 2033: 101 2034: 101 2035: 101 2036: 101 101 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Place conduit, pipes, or tubing, inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete… 2 Work from ladders, scaffolds, or roofs to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures. 3 Use a variety of tools or equipment, such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment, such as oscilloscopes, ammeters, or… 4 Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes. 5 Plan layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, based on job specifications and local codes. 6 Perform business management duties, such as maintaining records or files, preparing reports, or ordering supplies or equipment. 7 Provide preliminary sketches or cost estimates for materials or services. Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Perform business management duties, such as maintaining records or files, preparing reports, or ordering supplies or equipment". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes". Get visibly better at your human core: "Place conduit, pipes, or tubing, inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete…". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Based on 21 O*NET tasks for "Electricians" (SOC 47-2111.00). LLM alone: 10% of tasks; with AI tools: 20%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
