Civil engineering/Building construction labourer
AI Exposure Rank
2/100
Range 1–3/100 across source-weight sensitivity checks
Civil engineering/Building construction labourer has an AI Exposure Rank of 2/100, meaning its work is more exposed to current AI capabilities than approximately 2% of Singapore occupations. The evidence currently points to limited direct change; this is a relative rank, not a probability of job loss.
Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers·SGD 1,550/mo (1,400–1,660)·~3.9K workers in SG·Updated 2026-07-17
Relative AI exposure, not a prediction of job loss. Hiring, wages and role design depend on many forces this rank does not forecast.
How This Rank Is Built
The source percentiles are combined using the displayed reliability weights, then ranked against all 562 Singapore occupations. This is not a percentage of tasks and not a job-loss probability.
Likely job pathway
Limited direct change
Current demand context
Mixed current demand
Pathway and demand are reported beside the exposure rank. Current demand does not change the rank.
The evidence behind this occupation's AI exposure, with human-work and demand context shown separately. Score stability: watch. How this works
Tasks AI can handle
With 6% AI task overlap (based on Felten AIOE, Anthropic Economic Index, and Eloundou GPT exposure), the Civil engineering/Building construction labourer tasks most exposed include: predictive maintenance scheduling, safety checklist automation, inventory management, and remote monitoring via sensors.
- • Estimate cost of completed work or of needed renovations or upgrades.
- • Review and interpret plans, blueprints, site layouts, specifications, or construction methods to ensure compliance to legal requirements and safety regulations.
- • Approve building plans that meet required specifications.
O*NET tasks for this occupation with the most observed Claude usage (Anthropic task data).
What AI can't do here
At 47% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Civil engineering/Building construction labourer include: physical dexterity on job sites, real-time environmental adaptation, operating heavy equipment safely, and handling unexpected on-site conditions.
Main insulation channels: Physical presence + Non-routine work — the work-context dimensions behind this occupation's human bottleneck.
Skills to focus on
Sources: Felten AIOE (2021), Anthropic Economic Index (2026), Eloundou GPT Exposure (Science, 2024), Pizzinelli et al. bottleneck model. Full methodology.
From exposure to employment
What could change the employment outcome?
AI capability is only the starting point. Adoption, task design, human oversight, demand, mobility and evidence quality determine how exposure may resolve in practice.
Workplace adoption
Occupation-level adoption unknown
MOM does not publish a directly mappable adoption rate for the listed industries.
Task structure
Task evidence available
100% weighted task match · 4% effective coverage
Human advantage
Coordination and judgment still matter
At 47% human bottleneck protection, the tasks that remain hardest to automate for Civil engineering/Building construction labourer include: physical dexterity on job sites, real-time environmental adaptation, operating heavy equipment safely, and handling unexpected on-site conditions.
Hiring and demand
2.3% vacancy rate · 2026 Q1
Production and transport vacancies fell back from the Q4 spike and were slightly below a year earlier. Hiring remained net positive, retrenchments declined, and six-month re-entry improved. In 2025, this broad occupation group had 4.9% time-related underemployment and 19.2% non-permanent employment. Across the published male and female series, CPI-adjusted median income changed +0.2% to +8.6% from 2018 to 2023.
Career transitions
Mover
moderate modeled transition; outcomes still depend on skills, wages and openings.
Evidence strength
medium confidence
3 exposure sources · sensitivity 1–3/100 across source-weight sensitivity checks.
These lenses are reported separately and do not alter AI Exposure Rank. Labour-market figures describe a broad official occupation cluster, not this SSOC occupation alone.
Singapore Now
Current labour market conditions and how they affect this role.
Cooling, but not collapsing. Vacancies are softer, yet retrenchment remains low and hiring still exceeds resignations.
Vacancy
2.3%
↓ 4.2% YoY
Hiring
1.7%
vs 1.2% resign
Retrenchment
0.3
per 1,000 · low
Re-entry
76.9%
find work in 12mo· -1.2pp
Production & Transport Operators, Cleaners & Labourers · 2026 Q1
Top Industries
Industry vacancy overlays use the latest published detailed cross-tab, which can lag the main labour monitor.
What You Can Do
Civil engineering/Building construction labourer has some offset potential, but it depends on transition pathways holding up in practice and on workers clearing the main switching frictions.
Published transition support
Related roles you could transition to
Similarity-basedCompare within Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers
See how this compares to similar occupations
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More exposed than approximately 2% of occupations · V8 AI Exposure Rank· GCE O-Level / Secondary
Raw scores
AIOE -1.725 · θ 0.670 · C-AIOE -1.406
Stability
watch · Optimistic 0% · Pessimistic 5%
Score range (best/worst case)
Exposure sensitivity 1–10% · Rank sensitivity 1–3/100 across source-weight sensitivity checks
Scoring basis
V8 AI Exposure Rank. A relative Singapore occupation index. It ranks AI task exposure; it is not a probability of job loss or a percentage of tasks.
Wage range (SGD/mo)
25th 1,400 · Median 1,550 · 75th 1,660
Evidence & sources
Data matching
direct · SSOC 93100
Real-world AI usage: +13% vs estimated
Data quality
medium evidence · 3 exposure sources · direct mapping
100% weighted task match · 4% effective coverage
AI overlap by data source
Weights: aioe 32% · anthropic 35% · eloundou 33%
Worker profile & local context
- Vacancy rate is 2.3% and fell by 0.5 points from last quarter.
- Hiring read: recruitment is running above resignation (1.7% vs 1.2%).
- Retrenchment was low at 0.3 per 1,000 employees.
- 76.9% of retrenched workers re-entered employment within 12 months.
- Employer pressure is low, based on 1 captured Singapore-relevant company signals through 2025-10-06.
Worker profile
Gender mix
58% male / 42% femalePublished Singapore worker composition for the detailed occupation family 93 Labourers & Related Workers.
Employment structure
Employee-heavy96% employees, 4% employers or self-employed workers.
Work arrangement
Part-time meaningful33% part-time and 67% full-time in 2025.
Age profile
Older-skewing5% aged 15 to 29, 14% aged 30 to 49, and 81% aged 50 or older.
Qualification mix
Non-degree heavyBelow secondary 56%; Secondary 18%.
Gross wage by sex
Female median 13% lowerPublished June 2024 gross wage medians: male $1,600, female $1,400.
Where this work is concentrated
Top planning areas
Jurong West, Woodlands, Bedok22% of workers in this occupation group live in these three planning areas.
Residential concentration
Moderately clustered35% live across the top five planning areas in the 2020 Census.
Commute pattern
Mid-range commutesEstimated average commute 32.8 minutes. 27% take 46 minutes or more.
Role profile
How this role's work breaks down across key dimensions. This is a general profile, not an individual measurement.
General role profile on a 0–100 scale. These are modelling inputs, not measurements of an individual job or worker.
How this changes by career stage
Career stage can change the task mix and human context. These directional profiles are illustrative, not occupation-level forecasts of hiring or displacement.
Frequently asked questions
Will AI replace Civil engineering/Building construction labourer?
Civil engineering/Building construction labourer has an AI Exposure Rank of 2/100, meaning its work is more exposed to current AI capabilities than approximately 2% of Singapore occupations. The evidence currently points to limited direct change; this is a relative rank, not a probability of job loss. AI Exposure Rank: 2/100 (Very Low). Median wage: SGD 1,550/month.
What is the AI exposure rank for Civil engineering/Building construction labourer?
Civil engineering/Building construction labourer has an AI Exposure Rank of 2/100, rated Very Low. It ranks higher than approximately 2% of Singapore occupations for exposure to current AI capabilities; it is not a job-loss probability.
What career transitions are available for Civil engineering/Building construction labourer?
Civil engineering/Building construction labourer has modeled transition pathways to related occupations. The strongest adjacent pathway is Mover, based on skill and wage similarity (model-estimated). Transition scoring accounts for wage preservation, training ease, and destination quality.
How does Civil engineering/Building construction labourer salary compare in the live market?
Civil engineering/Building construction labourer earns a median gross wage of SGD 1,550/month in the live market (25th-75th percentile: SGD 1,400-1,660). This is 66% below median across all 562 scored occupations, and 20% below group median within Cleaners, Labourers & Related Workers occupations.