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window installer

Window installers place windows into structures and service them. They take out old windows if present, prepare the opening, mount the window, and attach it in place plumb, straight, square and watertight.

window installer window installers place windows into structures and service them. They take out old windows if present, prepare the opening, mount the window, and attach it in place plumb, straight, square and watertight. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include work ergonomically, apply proofing membranes, cut insulation material to size, use shims, install sill pan.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £34,014 a year for Carpenters and joiners (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £28,900 to £40,477 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5316). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only window installer, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹17,819 a month
Rural India
₹15,532 a month
All India
₹16,773 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

work ergonomically apply proofing membranes cut insulation material to size use shims install sill pan transport construction supplies inspect construction supplies manipulate glass follow health and safety procedures in construction use measurement instruments

Frequently asked questions

What does window installer do?

Window installers place windows into structures and service them. They take out old windows if present, prepare the opening, mount the window, and attach it in place plumb, straight, square and watertight.

What skills does window installer need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include work ergonomically, apply proofing membranes, cut insulation material to size, use shims, install sill pan, transport construction supplies. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace window installer?

Our AI-durability model gives window installer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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