Occupation

Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar

Design, develop, or evaluate energy-related projects or programs to reduce energy costs or improve energy efficiency during the designing, building, or remodeling stages of construction. May specialize in electrical systems; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems; green buildings; lighting; air quality; or energy procurement.

82 AI exposure

35 Human advantage

60 Market demand

61 AI leverage

Is Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar a safe career from AI?

Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar scores 82 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 35, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 60 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment roughly flat over ten years.

What Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar pay

The median wage is $117,750 a year. The lower quarter earns under $85,750 and the upper quarter over $152,670. About 150,750 people do this work in the United States.

Where Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar can go next

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

Computer Hardware Engineers 89% of the skills carry over $155k median

Aerospace Engineers 91% of the skills carry over $135k median

Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 86% of the skills carry over $130k median

Biofuels Production Managers 80% of the skills carry over $121k median

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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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