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Key facts
+1.7%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.7% (BLS).
The job
Power production plant operators (ISCO 3131). Power production plant operators operate, monitor and maintain switchboards and related equipment in electrical control centres which control the production and distribution of electrical or other power in transmission networks.
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- electric power station worker
- electric powerline system worker
- electrical power distributor
- electrical power systems power dispatcher
- electrical transmission system operator
- electricity generating plant operative
- electricity generating plant worker
- electricity generation operative
- electricity generation operator
- electricity generation plant operator
- electricity generation plant worker
- electricity generation worker
- electricity power line system worker
- electricity transmission system technician
- electricity transmission system worker
- fossil-fuel power plant boiler operative
- fossil-fuel power plant boiler operator
- fossil-fuel power plant operator
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- generating station operator
- generator operator
- generator worker
- geo-thermal plant operative
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- geo-thermal plant worker
- geo-thermal power plant operative
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- hydro plant worker
- hydro-power plant operative
- hydro-power plant operator
- hydro-power plant technician
- hydro-power plant worker
- hydroelectric plant operative
- hydroelectric plant operator
- hydroelectric plant worker
- hydroelectric power plant technician
- hydropower plant operative
- hydropower plant operator
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- nuclear plant safety technician
- nuclear reactor control panel monitor
- nuclear reactor control panel worker
- nuclear reactor controller
- nuclear reactor operation technician
- nuclear reactor operative
- nuclear reactor operator
- nuclear reactor safety supervisor
- nuclear reactor technician
- nuclear reactor worker
- power line worker
- power plant control room operator
- power plant operator
- power production plant operator
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- power station operator
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- solar farm operative
- solar farm operator
- solar farm worker
- solar power plant maintenance operative
- solar power plant maintenance operator
- solar power plant operator
- solar power plant safety operative
- solar power plant safety operator
- steam boiler operator
- steam generator operator
- steam turbine generator operator
- steam turbine machinery operator
- steam turbine monitoring operator
- steam turbine operator
- steam turbine safety operator
- steam-electric power operator
- turbine hall worker
- turbine operative
- turbine operator
- wind plant operator
Training
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Gauges
Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Power plant operators; Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay; Electrical power-line installers and repairers (+4))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $100,796
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.