{"id":215496,"date":"2026-05-18T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/this-six-figure-job-is-in-constant-demand-and-ai-still-cant-replace-it\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T08:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:35:29","slug":"this-six-figure-job-is-in-constant-demand-and-ai-still-cant-replace-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/this-six-figure-job-is-in-constant-demand-and-ai-still-cant-replace-it\/","title":{"rendered":"This six-figure job is in constant demand, and AI still can\u2019t replace it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/business\/article\/byelrp00jgx\">This six-figure job is in constant demand, and AI still can\u2019t replace it<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/business\/article\/byelrp00jgx\">https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/business\/article\/byelrp00jgx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 06:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.ynetnews.com\">www.ynetnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elevator technicians are experiencing a growing demand despite the trends of layoffs, automation, and artificial intelligence in many other industries.<\/li>\n<li>The number of field workers employed by Otis, a leading elevator company, has increased by 12.5% over the past six years, according to CEO Judy Marks.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment for elevator and escalator installers and repairers will increase by 5% from 2024 to 2034.<\/li>\n<li>The role requires significant technical training, physical skill, and on-site decision-making that has proved difficult for robots to replace.<\/li>\n<li>The industry&#8217;s high regulatory environment necessitates a human presence, making elevator mechanics less likely to be displaced by automation in the near future.<\/li>\n<li>Many technicians remain in the profession throughout their careers; at Otis, there is an equal number of new recruits compared to long-term veteran employees.<\/li>\n<li>Elevator mechanics in the U.S. start their apprenticeships at age 18 through multi-employer union programs involving day work at Otis and evening classes, culminating in a rigorous four-year apprenticeship followed by certification and significant pay.<\/li>\n<li>According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average annual wage for elevator and escalator installers and repairers is $109,820, significantly higher than the national average and the category average in construction and extraction occupations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This six-figure job is in constant demand, and AI still can\u2019t replace it https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/business\/article\/byelrp00jgx Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ynet-pic1.yit.co.il\/picserver6\/crop_images\/2020\/10\/13\/10300367\/10300367_0_0_981_552_0_large.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-215496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215498,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215496\/revisions\/215498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}