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Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
Architecture and Engineering · SOC 17-3029
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$78,350
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
8,800
Proj. Annual Openings
59,930
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-5%/yr
Empl. growth (2021–2025)
100/100
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 17-3029 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 34/100
- Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $78,350
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 8,800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +1.5%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 8,344 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Reading ComprehensionQuality Control AnalysisActive ListeningReading ComprehensionCritical Thinking
Transition context
- 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.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure4.5%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
31.7%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI26.9%
AI ability · AIOE68.2%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne24%
AI could do ~26.9% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
1.Reading Comprehension
2.Quality Control Analysis
3.Active Listening
4.Reading Comprehension
5.Critical Thinking
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
All engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, 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
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 17-3029: 2021 — employment: 73,600, median wage: $61,950; 2022 — employment: 70,250, median wage: $65,520; 2023 — employment: 66,200, median wage: $73,500; 2025 — employment: 59,930, median wage: $78,350.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 4.5% |
| Outlook | Average | 15% Bright |
| Median Salary | $78,350 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |