Surveyors
Architecture and Engineering · SOC 17-1022
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 17-1022 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 0.2%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 50/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $75,440
- H-1B offered wage $72,031; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 4,000
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +4.4%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 22
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 6,309 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~51% of this role but only ~0.2% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.
Common titles: City Surveyor, County Surveyor, Land Surveyor, Licensed Land Surveyor, Mine Surveyor, Professional Land Surveyor
Representative Tasks
- •Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles.
- •Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
- •Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
- •Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
- •Search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Direct surveying activities.
- •Create maps.
- •Document technical design details.
- •Verify mathematical calculations.
- •Survey land or bodies of water to measure or determine features.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.2% | 4.5% |
| Outlook | Average | 15% Bright |
| Median Salary | $75,440 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |