As of June 2026, Auto Mechanic has an AI-exposure score of 35/100 (Low exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Auto Mechanic

35/100
Low exposure
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More exposed than 4% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$47,000.

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How this role compares to similar Trades roles

Auto Mechanic (this role)
35
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What this role usually involves

AI-Safe curated role profile

Auto Mechanic work in this profile is modeled from curated task data, including: Diagnose vehicle problems; Repair and replace parts; Run diagnostics software.

Common titles
Auto Mechanic
Skills and knowledge
Mechanical repairDiagnostics

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Auto Mechanic tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (50%).

Augmentable
  • Run diagnostics software
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Durable
  • Advise customers
1 more durable task locked in the report.

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