Headline risk
10%
Low RiskEngineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other
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
All engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, not listed separately.
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 77,390
Employment 2024
67.3K
Projected Change (2024–34)
1.5%
Openings (2024–34)
5.7K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Projections published, but no prose outlook available.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Interpret or evaluate test results in accordance with applicable codes, standards, specifications, or procedures. AI use: 0%
- 2. Interpret the results of all methods of non-destructive testing (NDT), such as acoustic emission, electromagnetic, leak, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, neutron radiographic, radiographic, thermal or infrared, ultrasonic, vibration analysis, and visual testing. AI use: 0%
- 3. Prepare reports on non-destructive testing results. AI use: 0%
- 4. Select, calibrate, or operate equipment used in the non-destructive testing of products or materials. AI use: 0%
- 5. Document non-destructive testing methods, processes, or results. AI use: 0%
- 6. Visually examine materials, structures, or components for signs of corrosion, metal fatigue, cracks, or other flaws, using tools and equipment such as endoscopes, closed-circuit television systems, and fiber optics. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 41.1 · 385K employed
Under 25: 10% · 25–54: 69% · 55+: 21%
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
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.