Career Explorer Installation and repair
Human edge, growing
Recreational vehicle service technicians
Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.
Among the most resilient careers: more resilient than 93% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is low (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it moderate), and US jobs are projected to change by +9.7% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on physical dexterity.
AI struggles with much of this work, and US employers are expected to hire more people into it than average.
- Median pay (2025)
- $52,000
- Job growth to 2035
- +9.7%
- Openings a year
- 2,200
- People doing it (2025)
- 17,500
- Usual route in
- High school diploma, then long on-the-job training
Where people already use AI for this work
- Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools
- Maintain facilities or equipment
- Explain technical details of products or services
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Inspect vehicles
- Repair vehicle components
- Repair electrical or electronic equipment
What the work looks like
- Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.
- Connect electrical systems to outside power sources, and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures.
- Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.
- Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
- Inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or overhaul.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as recreational vehicle (RV) ownership and usage increase, leading to higher demand for RV maintenance and repair services.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Industrial machinery mechanicsHuman edge, growing, Index 94, +17.8%
- Farm equipment mechanics and service techniciansHuman edge, growing, Index 98, +10.7%
- Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plasticHuman edge, growing, Index 96, +5.8%
- Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workersHuman edge, growing, Index 99, +5.3%
Also known as: Certified RV Technician (Certified Recreational Vehicle Technician), RV Mechanic (Recreational Vehicle Mechanic), RV Service Technician (Recreational Vehicle Service Technician), RV Tech (Recreational Vehicle Technician), ATV Tech (All-Terrain Vehicle Technician), Hitch Technician (Hitch Tech), Mobile Service RV Technician (Mobile Service Recreational Vehicle Technician), RV Body Mechanic (Recreational Vehicle Body 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.