Electrical mechanics and fitters
In the ILO's assessment few of the job's tasks can be done by generative AI, or the scores are too spread out to reach gradient 1 — generative AI does not meaningfully take over the core of the work.
Exposure is not job loss: it shows how much of the work generative AI could do today. Whether that turns into transformation, productivity gains or cuts depends on employers, regulation — and on you.
0 = today’s generative AI cannot perform any of the job’s tasks, 100 = it could do all of them fully. The pale band is the spread across tasks.
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The AI analysis for this occupation is still being prepared — the background process covers a few occupations every day.
Task by task
The ILO scored every task of the occupation separately, as the average of two AI models (GPT-4o and Gemini). The pale band is the range between the two models' scores, the dot the ILO's final score (for a few tasks expert review placed it outside the band).
- Inspecting and testing manufactured electrical products28
- Installing, testing, connecting, commissioning, maintaining and modifying electrical equipment, wiring and control systems21
- Fitting, adjusting and repairing electrical parts in domestic appliances, industrial machines and other appliances16
- Fitting, adjusting and repairing various kinds of electrical machinery and motors, generators, switchgear and control apparatus, instruments, or electrical parts of elevators and related equipment16
- Connecting electrical systems to power supply14
- Replacing and repairing defective parts.14
- Designing, installing, maintaining, servicing and repairing electric and hydraulic passenger and freight lifts, escalators, moving walkways and other lift equipment14
How much does it affect you?
Every job is different: mark which of these tasks you do and how much, and we'll compute your own, time-weighted score.
For each task: I don't do it · sometimes · most of my job.
- Inspecting and testing manufactured electrical products(28)
- Installing, testing, connecting, commissioning, maintaining and modifying electrical equipment, wiring and control systems(21)
- Fitting, adjusting and repairing electrical parts in domestic appliances, industrial machines and other appliances(16)
- Fitting, adjusting and repairing various kinds of electrical machinery and motors, generators, switchgear and control apparatus, instruments, or electrical parts of elevators and related equipment(16)
- Connecting electrical systems to power supply(14)
- Replacing and repairing defective parts.(14)
- Designing, installing, maintaining, servicing and repairing electric and hydraulic passenger and freight lifts, escalators, moving walkways and other lift equipment(14)
You are exactly at the occupation average. (The occupation's score: 17.)
About 0% of your working time goes to highly exposed tasks (score ≥ 50).
- • Inspecting and testing manufactured electrical products
- • Installing, testing, connecting, commissioning, maintaining and modifying electrical equipment, wiring and control systems
- • Designing, installing, maintaining, servicing and repairing electric and hydraulic passenger and freight lifts, escalators, moving walkways and other lift equipment
- • Connecting electrical systems to power supply
An estimate from the ILO task scores. Everything is computed in your browser — nothing is sent or stored.
How many people work in this occupational group?
Share of the Electrical and electronic trades workers group in total employment, by country (Eurostat, ISCO 2-digit — 4-digit breakdowns are not public by country).
Table view
| Country | Electrical and electronic trades workers |
|---|---|
| Romania | 2.2% · 168 thousand · 2025 |
| Estonia | 2.0% · 14 thousand · 2025 |
| Croatia | 2.0% · 34 thousand · 2025 |
| Hungary | 2.0% · 92 thousand · 2025 |
| Czechia | 1.9% · 101 thousand · 2025 |
| Slovakia | 1.9% · 50 thousand · 2025 |
| Germany | 1.8% · 760 thousand · 2025 |
| Greece | 1.8% · 77 thousand · 2025 |
| Austria | 1.7% · 78 thousand · 2025 |
| Norway | 1.7% · 49 thousand · 2025 |
| Spain | 1.7% · 373 thousand · 2025 |
| Slovenia | 1.7% · 17 thousand · 2025 |
| Sweden | 1.7% · 87 thousand · 2025 |
| Italy | 1.7% · 398 thousand · 2025 |
| Cyprus | 1.6% · 8 thousand · 2025 |
| Portugal | 1.6% · 82 thousand · 2025 |
| Finland | 1.6% · 40 thousand · 2025 |
| Iceland | 1.5% · 3 thousand · 2025 |
| Switzerland | 1.4% · 69 thousand · 2025 |
| Ireland | 1.4% · 40 thousand · 2025 |
| Poland | 1.4% · 238 thousand · 2025 |
| Belgium | 1.3% · 68 thousand · 2025 |
| Latvia | 1.2% · 11 thousand · 2025 |
| Malta | 1.2% · 4 thousand · 2025 |
| Denmark | 1.1% · 34 thousand · 2025 |
| France | 1.1% · 315 thousand · 2025 |
| Lithuania | 1.0% · 14 thousand · 2025 |
| Netherlands | 1.0% · 96 thousand · 2025 |
| United Kingdom | 1.0% · 329 thousand · 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 0.9% · 25 thousand · 2025 |
What do they earn?
Mean gross monthly earnings in the major occupational group (Craft and related trades workers). Eurostat's earnings survey only publishes pay by occupation at 1 digit, so this is the job's broader group. Enterprises with 10+ employees, 2022.
By country, at purchasing power parity (PPS/month), so countries with different price levels can be compared.
- Switzerland4,098
- Iceland3,826
- Denmark3,666
- Norway3,260
- Belgium2,979
- Germany2,859
- Luxembourg2,760
- Sweden2,733
- Netherlands2,717
- Austria2,715
- Finland2,711
- EU272,364
- Italy2,314
- Ireland2,200
- Spain2,124
- France2,122
- Malta2,032
- Slovenia2,012
- Lithuania2,008
- Greece1,799
- Estonia1,795
- Poland1,787
- Czechia1,781
- Cyprus1,751
- Romania1,734
- Hungary1,684
- Latvia1,680
- Slovakia1,672
- Croatia1,505
- Portugal1,285
- Bulgaria1,217
Source: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey (earn_ses22_21), every four years. The United Kingdom is not covered by the survey.
Outlook to 2035
Employment in the Electrical and electronic trades workers group according to Cedefop's 2026 forecast.
thousand · Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026 · 2026–2035: projection
Replacement demand is the jobs left by people retiring or changing careers — even a shrinking occupation can have many openings.
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Sources: ILO WP140 (2025) · Eurostat lfsa_egai2d · Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026 · WEF Future of Jobs 2025 · ESCO. The exposure score measures how much of an occupation's tasks generative AI could perform — not whether the job disappears. For information only, not career advice. How do we calculate this?