Headline risk
10%
Low RiskMining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Conduct subsurface surveys to identify the characteristics of potential land or mining development sites. May specify the ground support systems, processes, and equipment for safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction or underground construction activities. May inspect areas for unsafe geological conditions, equipment, and working conditions. May design, implement, and coordinate mine safety programs.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 101,020
Employment 2024
7.0K
Projected Change (2024–34)
0.7%
Openings (2024–34)
0.4K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of mining and geological engineers is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel. AI use: 0%
- 2. Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions. AI use: 0%
- 3. Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores. AI use: 0%
- 4. Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits. AI use: 0%
- 5. Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment. AI use: 0%
- 6. Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 42.1 · 274K employed
Under 25: 6% · 25–54: 73% · 55+: 22%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
title_match · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Mining and geological engineers design mines to safely and efficiently remove minerals for use in manufacturing and utilities.
Many mining and geological engineers work where mining operations are located, such as mineral mines or sand-and-gravel quarries, in remote areas or near cities and towns. Others work in offices or onsite for oil and gas extraction firms or engineering services firms.
Mining and geological engineers typically need a bachelor’s degree in engineering to enter the occupation.
The median annual wage for mining and geological engineers was $101,020 in May 2024.
Employment of mining and geological engineers is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.