Do researchers agree on the risk for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons?

Only partly. Individual estimates for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons run from 5 to 41 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.

Which construction & trades roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published construction & trades roles to Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons by score are Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door (15/100), Highway Maintenance Workers (15/100), and Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines (15/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

Occupation baseline · Research consensus

Will AI replace Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons?

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Baseline AI displacement risk for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons, aggregated from 5 research sources.

What this score means

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons is among the least exposed roles in Construction & Trades. 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 Construction & Trades average of 13. Across the 5 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 41, 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

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons, most central first.

01Clean work areas and equipment.
02Perform support duties to assist painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or masons.
03Apply protective coverings, such as masking tape, to articles or areas that could be damaged or stained by work processes.
04Erect scaffolding.
05Fill cracks or breaks in surfaces of plaster articles or areas with putty or epoxy compounds.
06Supply or hold tools and materials.
07Smooth surfaces of articles to be painted, using sanding and buffing tools and equipment.
08Mix plaster, and carry plaster to plasterers.
09Place articles to be stripped into stripping tanks.
10Remove articles such as cabinets, metal furniture, and paint containers from stripping tanks after prescribed periods of time.
11Pour specified amounts of chemical solutions into stripping tanks.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 5 research sources that scored Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
03Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
04GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
05AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons?: Published research puts Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons at 15 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons?: Only partly. Individual estimates for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons run from 5 to 41 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
Which construction & trades roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published construction & trades roles to Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons by score are Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door (15/100), Highway Maintenance Workers (15/100), and Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines (15/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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