Logging Equipment Operators

High Risk
77%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
96%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
59%
(Moderate Risk)
Average: 77%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-3.8%
by year 2033
WAGES
$48,240
or $23.19 per hour
Volume
23,720
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
2.1/10

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Calculated automation risk

96% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

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59% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, the automation risk level we have generated suggests a much higher chance of automation: 96% chance of automation.

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Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Logging Equipment Operators' job openings is expected to decline 3.8% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Logging Equipment Operators' was $48,240, or $23 per hour

'Logging Equipment Operators' were paid 0.4% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 23,720 people employed as 'Logging Equipment Operators' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 6 thousand people are employed as 'Logging Equipment Operators'.

Job description

Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Includes operating stand-alone logging machines, such as log chippers.

SOC Code: 45-4022.00

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