As of June 2026, Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants has an AI-exposure score of 41/100 (Moderate 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.
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
More exposed than 13% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$35,670. About 14,400 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 Transportation roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (100%).
- Provide customers with information about local roads or highways.
- Maintain customer records and follow up periodically with telephone, mail, or personal reminders of services due.
- Order stock, and price and shelve incoming goods.
- Check tire pressure and levels of fuel, motor oil, transmission, radiator, battery, or other fluids, adding air or fluids as required.
- Perform minor repairs, such as adjusting brakes, replacing spark plugs, or changing engine oil or filters.
- Rotate, test, and repair or replace tires.
- Activate fuel pumps and fill fuel tanks of vehicles with gasoline or diesel fuel to specified levels.
- Test and charge batteries.
- Collect cash payments from customers, and make change or charge purchases to customers' credit cards, providing customers with receipts.
- Clean parking areas, offices, restrooms, or equipment, and remove trash.
- Sell and install accessories, such as batteries, windshield wiper blades, fan belts, bulbs, or headlamps.
- Grease and lubricate vehicles or specified units, such as springs, universal joints, or steering knuckles, using grease guns or spray lubricants.
- Prepare daily reports of fuel, oil, and accessory sales.
- Clean windshields.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (100%).
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