Mechanical machinery assemblers
AI can help with a few sub-tasks (emails, paperwork), but the core of the job doesn't change.
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.
Work out your own score ↓What can you do?
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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).
- Recording production and operational data on specified forms56
- Reviewing work orders, specifications, diagrams and drawings to determine materials needed and assembly instructions28
- Inspecting and testing completed components and assemblies22
- Assembling and installing prefabricated parts or components to form subassemblies, mechanical machinery, engines and finished motor vehicles14
- Rejecting faulty assemblies and components14
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.
- Recording production and operational data on specified forms(56)
- Reviewing work orders, specifications, diagrams and drawings to determine materials needed and assembly instructions(28)
- Inspecting and testing completed components and assemblies(22)
- Assembling and installing prefabricated parts or components to form subassemblies, mechanical machinery, engines and finished motor vehicles(14)
- Rejecting faulty assemblies and components(14)
You are exactly at the occupation average. (The occupation's score: 27.)
About 20% of your working time goes to highly exposed tasks (score ≥ 50).
- • Recording production and operational data on specified forms
- • Reviewing work orders, specifications, diagrams and drawings to determine materials needed and assembly instructions
- • Rejecting faulty assemblies and components
- • Assembling and installing prefabricated parts or components to form subassemblies, mechanical machinery, engines and finished motor vehicles
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 Assemblers group in total employment, by country (Eurostat, ISCO 2-digit — 4-digit breakdowns are not public by country).
Table view
| Country | Assemblers |
|---|---|
| Slovakia | 2.9% · 75 thousand · 2025 |
| Hungary | 2.5% · 116 thousand · 2025 |
| Czechia | 2.1% · 112 thousand · 2025 |
| Romania | 1.8% · 139 thousand · 2025 |
| Slovenia | 1.5% · 15 thousand · 2025 |
| Estonia | 1.2% · 9 thousand · 2025 |
| Malta | 1.2% · 4 thousand · 2025 |
| Ireland | 0.9% · 24 thousand · 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 0.9% · 25 thousand · 2025 |
| Poland | 0.8% · 138 thousand · 2025 |
| Lithuania | 0.8% · 11 thousand · 2025 |
| Finland | 0.7% · 19 thousand · 2025 |
| Sweden | 0.7% · 38 thousand · 2025 |
| Italy | 0.7% · 167 thousand · 2025 |
| Croatia | 0.6% · 10 thousand · 2025 |
| Spain | 0.5% · 116 thousand · 2025 |
| Germany | 0.5% · 214 thousand · 2025 |
| Portugal | 0.4% · 23 thousand · 2025 |
| France | 0.4% · 122 thousand · 2025 |
| Latvia | 0.4% · 4 thousand · 2025 |
| Belgium | 0.4% · 19 thousand · 2025 |
| Denmark | 0.3% · 10 thousand · 2025 |
| Austria | 0.3% · 14 thousand · 2025 |
| Netherlands | 0.3% · 26 thousand · 2025 |
| Switzerland | 0.2% · 11 thousand · 2025 |
| United Kingdom | 0.2% · 75 thousand · 2025 |
| Norway | 0.2% · 6 thousand · 2025 |
| Greece | 0.1% · 5 thousand · 2025 |
What do they earn?
Mean gross monthly earnings in the major occupational group (Plant and machine operators and assemblers). 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.
- Switzerland3,902
- Denmark3,581
- Norway3,391
- Iceland3,272
- Ireland3,013
- Belgium3,003
- Luxembourg2,848
- Finland2,711
- Austria2,708
- Netherlands2,689
- Germany2,646
- Sweden2,578
- Italy2,397
- EU272,188
- Spain2,169
- France2,125
- Slovenia1,961
- Poland1,931
- Lithuania1,895
- Cyprus1,832
- Malta1,828
- Greece1,726
- Estonia1,653
- Romania1,652
- Hungary1,630
- Croatia1,623
- Czechia1,621
- Latvia1,590
- Slovakia1,571
- Portugal1,289
- Bulgaria1,106
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 Assemblers 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?