Construction Laborers vs Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
Construction Laborers carries the higher exposed share at 5.1% against 3.0%, a gap of 2.1 points. The difference is driven by both capability and friction: the two jobs differ in what a system can produce and in what stops it, by roughly the same amount. Release v2026.Q3.
| Occupation | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Capability | Friction | Median pay | Rank | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Laborers | 5.1% | 3.4% | 91.5% | 0.09 | 0.38 | $47,120 | 871 | untouched |
| Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall | 3.0% | 2.3% | 94.7% | 0.05 | 0.35 | $49,120 | 895 | untouched |
What stands in the way, in each
Construction Laborers: the dominant friction is that the work happens to physical things in physical places. Capability sits at 0.09 of 1 and friction at 0.38 of 1.
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall: the dominant friction is that the work happens to physical things in physical places. Capability sits at 0.05 of 1 and friction at 0.35 of 1.
Capability asks whether a generally available system can produce the work product at all. Friction asks what stops it finishing the job: physical work, being present, being accountable, unseen context, or the cost of checking the output. The rubric is here.
Read each in full
Exposure is not displacement. A higher score does not rank two jobs by how safe they are, and nothing here models adoption, employment or pay.