Will AI replace Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other?

What this score means

Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other is among the least exposed roles in Facilities & Services. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 15 out of 100 it sits close to the Facilities & Services average of 17. Across the 2 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 14 to 16, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 2 research sources that scored Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01A new future of work: The race to deploy AI and raise skills in Europe and beyond · 2024McKinsey Global Institute (2024)
• 02Generative AI and the Future of Work in America · 2023McKinsey Global Institute (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other?

Published research puts Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other at 15 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 2 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other?

Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other run from 14 to 16 out of 100 across the 2 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

Which facilities & services roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published facilities & services roles to Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other by score are Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (13/100), Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (12/100), and Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation (19/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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More facilities & services occupations

• First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers29/100
• First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers28/100
• Pest Control Workers21/100
• Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation19/100
• Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners13/100
• Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners12/100
• Tree Trimmers and Pruners10/100
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers9/100