Headline risk
14%
Low RiskElectro-mechanical and mechatronics 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, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.
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 70,760
Employment 2024
15.0K
Projected Change (2024–34)
1.1%
Openings (2024–34)
1.3K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians is projected to show little or no change from 2024 to 2034.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Test performance of electromechanical assemblies, using test instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges. AI use: 0%
- 2. Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors. AI use: 0%
- 3. Read blueprints, schematics, diagrams, or technical orders to determine methods and sequences of assembly. AI use: 0%
- 4. Maintain service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems. AI use: 0%
- 5. Troubleshoot robotic systems, using knowledge of microprocessors, programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, sensor or feedback systems, hydraulics, or pneumatics. AI use: 0%
- 6. Align, fit, or assemble components, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates, or microscopes. 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
Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians operate, test, and maintain electromechanical or robotic equipment.
Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians work with electrical and mechanical engineers. Most work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week.
Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians typically need either an associate’s degree or a postsecondary certificate.
The median annual wage for electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians was $70,760 in May 2024.
Employment of electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians 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.