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Commercial diver
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5% (BLS).
The job
Underwater divers (ISCO 7541). Underwater divers work under the surface of water, with or without the aid of underwater breathing apparatus, to inspect, install, repair and remove equipment and structures, conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, photograph structures or marine life, collect various forms of aquatic life for commercial or research purposes, and find and recover missing items and persons.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
22 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- commercial diver
- commercial diver in construction industry
- construction commercial diver
- construction diver
- dive emergency worker
- dive rescue technician
- diver life support technician
- emergency rescue diver
- harvest diver
- harvesting diver
- HAZMAT diver
- inshore diver
- lifeguard
- offshore diver
- para-rescue diver
- rescue diver
- saturation diver
- scaphandrier
- search and rescue diver
- surface supplied diver
- underwater rescue worker
- underwater welder
Training
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Gauges
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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
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.