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Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers

Develop programs to control machining or processing of materials by automatic machine tools, equipment, or systems. May also set up, operate, or maintain equipment.

48 AI exposure
40 Human advantage
58 Market demand
44 AI leverage

Is Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers a safe career from AI?

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers scores 48 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is low. Most of what this job involves is not the kind of task current AI systems are good at, largely because it happens in a physical place rather than on a screen.

Its human advantage score is 40. There is a real physical and in-person component to this work, alongside a good deal that could be done from anywhere. Market demand scores 58 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 5.9% over ten years.

What Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers pay

The median wage is $65,670 a year. The lower quarter earns under $55,960 and the upper quarter over $80,300. About 28,230 people do this work in the United States.

Where Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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