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Architecture and Engineering · SOC 17-2199

6.6% AI Exposure — Medium
$122,930
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
11,700
Proj. Annual Openings
154,070
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+0.2%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
93/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 17-2199 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
6.6%
Medium · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
34/100
Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$122,930
H-1B offered wage $119,795; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
11,700
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +2.1%.
Observed/proxy demand
2,448
FY2025 certified LCAs; 11,923 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical Thinking
  • 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.

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AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure6.6%
AI Resiliency93/100
Exposure BandMedium
Sector Avg. Exposure4.5%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

47.1%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic6.6%
AI capability · OpenAI52.3%
AI ability · AIOE82.4%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne1.4%

AI could do ~52.3% of this role but only ~6.6% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Reading Comprehension
2.Critical Thinking
3.Reading Comprehension
4.Active Listening
5.Critical Thinking

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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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.

29,725
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
2,448
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$119,795
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#28 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

All engineers not listed separately.

Representative Tasks

    Detailed Work Activities

      Employment Projections & AI Exposure

      15
      Occupations Shown
      4.5%
      Avg AI Exposure
      2
      Bright Outlook
      Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

      Employment & Wage Trend

      BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


      Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 17-2199: 2019 — employment: 152,340, median wage: $99,040; 2020 — employment: 152,380, median wage: $103,380; 2021 — employment: 151,940, median wage: $100,640; 2022 — employment: 150,420, median wage: $104,600; 2023 — employment: 150,990, median wage: $111,970; 2025 — employment: 154,070, median wage: $122,930.

      Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

      Sector Comparison

      MetricThis CareerSector Average
      AI Exposure6.6%4.5%
      OutlookAverage15% Bright
      Median Salary$122,930N/A
      AI Resiliency93/100N/A