Career Explorer Installation and repair
Human edge, steady
Motorcycle mechanics
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
Among the most resilient careers: more resilient than 94% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is low (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it low), and US jobs are projected to change by +2.1% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on physical dexterity and ethical judgement.
AI struggles with much of this work. Hiring is expected to grow slower than average, or to shrink.
- Median pay (2025)
- $48,580
- Job growth to 2035
- +2.1%
- Openings a year
- 1,400
- People doing it (2025)
- 14,200
- Usual route in
- College certificate, then short on-the-job training
Where people already use AI for this work
- Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance
- Test performance of equipment or systems
- Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Repair vehicle components
- Repair tools or equipment
- Assemble equipment or components
What the work looks like
- Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires.
- Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
- Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
- Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators.
- Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except enginesHuman edge, growing, Index 99, +6.7%
- Aircraft mechanics and service techniciansHuman edge, growing, Index 98, +5.4%
- Commercial diversHuman edge, growing, Index 97, +4.8%
- Wind turbine service techniciansHuman edge, growing, Index 99, +29.5%
Also known as: All Terrain Vehicle Technician (ATV Technician), Motorcycle Mechanic, Motorcycle Technician, Service Technician, Custom Bike Builder, Motorcycle Service Technician, Motorsports Technician, Scooter Mechanic.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.