Will AI replace Roustabouts, Oil and Gas?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 9 mean for a Roustabouts, Oil and Gas?

It means that, weighted across the 13 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 9 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

This role has no strongly automatable task in the current data release.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Unscrew or tighten pipes, casing, tubing, and pump rods, using hand and power wrenches and tongs; Guide cranes to move loads about decks; Lay gas and oil pipelines. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas

Assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools. Perform other tasks as needed.

Also known as: Floor Hand · Cathead Operator · Field Specialist · Connection Worker · Casing Crew Pusher · Drill Rig Operator

AI Task Exposure Score

Low exposure

More exposed than 0% of 968 occupations · Rank #967 (1 = most exposed)

This score estimates how exposed the tasks in a role are to current and near-term AI capabilities. It does not predict whether a specific person will lose a job.

Your free role snapshot

Start with the work, not the headline

This occupation baseline already contains different kinds of work. These are the two ends of its current task range and one useful action you can take now.

Most exposed task

Walk flow lines to locate leaks, using electronic detectors and by making visual inspections, and repair the leaks.

Durable 12/100 exposure

Most durable task

Cut down and remove trees and brush to clear drill sites, to reduce fire hazards, and to make way for roads to sites.

Durable 8/100 exposure

Useful next step

Make one change to the task mix

Protect the durable core of the role, then use AI to compress the routine work around it before that becomes a mandate.

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Most exposed tasks

No task is classified fully automatable in this release. The highest-exposure task relative to this role is shown in the free snapshot above; the assistive work is detailed next.

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

Unscrew or tighten pipes, casing, tubing, and pump rods, using hand and power wrenches and tongs.8
Guide cranes to move loads about decks.8
Lay gas and oil pipelines.8

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 9 puts Roustabouts, Oil and Gas in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 0 of 13 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 0 augmentable, and 13 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

$46,960median wage
44,970employed
4,300annual openings
+2.4%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

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Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

How this score was calculated

The score is the plain average of the AI-exposure values of this role’s 13 analyzed tasks (equal task weights in this release — no hidden factors):

Durable 13 tasks, averaging 9/100 exposure

score = (13×9) ÷ 13 ≈ 9

Every task’s exposure value was scored against a published anchored rubric that scores tasks as actually performed — physical, in-person, and accountability requirements included (data release 2026.07.12-r2). The band (Low) is a corpus quartile; the percentile is tie-aware across all 968 occupations.

FAQ — Roustabouts, Oil and Gas

Will AI replace Roustabouts, Oil and Gas?: This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.
What does a score of 9 mean for a Roustabouts, Oil and Gas?: It means that, weighted across the 13 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 9 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.
Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?: This role has no strongly automatable task in the current data release.
Which parts of this job are most durable?: The most durable responsibilities are: Unscrew or tighten pipes, casing, tubing, and pump rods, using hand and power wrenches and tongs; Guide cranes to move loads about decks; Lay gas and oil pipelines. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.
Is this score personalized to me?: No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Score version jr-v1 · data release 2026.07.12-r2 · updated 2026-07-13 · baseline mapping: 13 of 13 tasks carry source-level provenance · methodology