Civil Engineers
Architecture and Engineering · SOC 17-2051
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 17-2051 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 0.8%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 50/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $100,840
- H-1B offered wage $90,000; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 28,300
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +5.0%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 5,817
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 45,345 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
Explore all pathways→Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~48.2% of this role but only ~0.8% 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
Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.
Common titles: City Engineer, Civil Engineer, County Engineer, Design Engineer, Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer
Representative Tasks
- •Direct engineering activities, ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, or other governmental regulations.
- •Manage and direct the construction, operations, or maintenance activities at project site.
- •Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards.
- •Compute load and grade requirements, water flow rates, or material stress factors to determine design specifications.
- •Plan and design transportation or hydraulic systems or structures, using computer-assisted design or drawing tools.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Coordinate safety or regulatory compliance activities.
- •Test characteristics of materials or structures.
- •Direct construction activities.
- •Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.
- •Estimate technical or resource requirements for development or production projects.
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 | 0.8% | 4.5% |
| Outlook | Average | 15% Bright |
| Median Salary | $100,840 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 99/100 | N/A |