As of June 2026, Mechanical Door Repairers has an AI-exposure score of 38/100 (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.
Mechanical Door Repairers
More exposed than 8% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$55,720. About 2,700 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Installation & Repair roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as durable (70%).
- Collect payment upon job completion.
- Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.
- Order replacement springs, sections, or slats.
- Study blueprints and schematic diagrams to determine appropriate methods of installing or repairing automated door openers.
- Adjust doors to open or close with the correct amount of effort, or make simple adjustments to electric openers.
- Assemble and fasten tracks to structures or bucks, using impact wrenches or welding equipment.
- Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.
- Install dock seals, bumpers, or shelters.
- Prepare doors for hardware installation, such as drilling holes to install locks.
- Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.
- Operate lifts, winches, or chain falls to move heavy curtain doors.
- Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.
- Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.
- Fabricate replacements for worn or broken parts, using welders, lathes, drill presses, or shaping or milling machines.
- Set doors into place or stack hardware sections into openings after rail or track installation.
- Remove or disassemble defective automatic mechanical door closers, using hand tools.
- Install door frames, rails, steel rolling curtains, electronic-eye mechanisms, or electric door openers and closers, using power tools, hand tools, and electronic test equipment.
- Cut door stops or angle irons to fit openings.
- Run low voltage wiring on ceiling surfaces, using insulated staples.
- Inspect job sites, assessing headroom, side room, or other conditions to determine appropriateness of door for a given location.
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