Headline risk
5%
Low RiskAerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians
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
Operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.
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 79,830
Employment 2024
9.3K
Projected Change (2024–34)
8.1%
Openings (2024–34)
0.9K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians is projected to grow 8 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms. AI use: 0%
- 2. Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results. AI use: 0%
- 3. Identify required data, data acquisition plans, and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications. AI use: 0%
- 4. Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions. AI use: 0%
- 5. Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment. AI use: 0%
- 6. Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 43.0 · 79K employed
Under 25: 6% · 25–54: 70% · 55+: 25%
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
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians run and maintain equipment used to develop, test, produce, and sustain aircraft and spacecraft.
Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians usually work in manufacturing plants, laboratories, and offices. Most work full time.
Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians typically need an associate’s degree in engineering technology or a related field. Some employers consider candidates who have a high school diploma or have completed a certificate program.
The median annual wage for aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians was $79,830 in May 2024.
Employment of aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians is projected to grow 8 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.
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.