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Will AI replace electricians?

Very little of the work today. AI could take on about 14% of the working time in a typical electrician job today. The other 86% still needs a person.

21 responsibilities · a typical electrician job

86% of the work still needs a person.

Still needs a person: 86% of the timeAI could take on: 14%

Evidence range: 12 to 14%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research.

Median pay $63,190 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).

Still needs a person

  • Work at height to install or repair wiring
  • Use hand and power tools and meters
  • Run conduit and pull wire through walls
  • Assemble and install electrical equipment
  • Connect wires to breakers and transformers
  • Direct or train other electricians

AI can do or help with

  • Sketch wiring layouts from blueprints AI helps
  • Plan wiring layout and installation AI helps
  • Handle business records and ordering AI helps
  • Draft cost estimates and preliminary sketches AI helps

The biggest responsibilities of each kind. "AI helps" means AI takes on part of the work, or most of it with a person checking what it produces. See all 21, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.

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Questions people ask

Will AI replace electricians?

Very little of the work today. AI could take on about 14% of the working time in a typical electrician job today. The other 86% still needs a person. That is a split of the work, not a forecast of jobs lost.

Which parts of the job can AI do?

The biggest ones AI can do or help with: sketch wiring layouts from blueprints, plan wiring layout and installation, handle business records and ordering, draft cost estimates and preliminary sketches.

Which parts still need a person?

The biggest ones: work at height to install or repair wiring, use hand and power tools and meters, run conduit and pull wire through walls, assemble and install electrical equipment, connect wires to breakers and transformers, direct or train other electricians.

How is this measured?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists 21 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0). Each is scored on 4 questions: can AI do it, does it get it right, must a person sign for it, and do people need to deal with a real person. The split is weighted by how much of the job each responsibility takes up. The evidence range is 12 to 14%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research. Scores version 0.6.1, updated October 1, 2026.

Responsibilities from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor). Pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Scores are calibrated to published research and updated every month. How it works.

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