Pest Control Workers vs Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Pest Control Workers carries the higher exposed share at 29.1% against 9.5%, a gap of 19.6 points. The difference is driven by capability: a current system can simply produce more of the first job's work product than the second's. Release v2026.Q3.
| Occupation | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Capability | Friction | Median pay | Rank | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pest Control Workers | 29.1% | 12.5% | 58.4% | 0.42 | 0.41 | $45,250 | 448 | untouched |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 9.5% | 4.7% | 85.8% | 0.14 | 0.32 | $36,840 | 804 | untouched |
What stands in the way, in each
Pest Control Workers: the dominant friction is that the work happens to physical things in physical places. Capability sits at 0.42 of 1 and friction at 0.41 of 1.
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: the dominant friction is that the work happens to physical things in physical places. Capability sits at 0.14 of 1 and friction at 0.32 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.