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Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians

Assist scientists or related professionals in building, maintaining, modifying, or using geographic information systems (GIS) databases. May also perform some custom application development or provide user support.

87 AI exposure
22 Human advantage
64 Market demand
58 AI leverage

Is Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians a safe career from AI?

Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians scores 87 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 22, 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 64 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 5.1% over ten years.

What Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians pay

The median wage is $108,970 a year. The lower quarter earns under $76,360 and the upper quarter over $147,530. About 439,380 people do this work in the United States.

Where Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians can go next

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

Database Architects 84% of the skills carry over $136k median
Data Warehousing Specialists 85% of the skills carry over $136k median
Computer Network Architects 77% of the skills carry over $130k median
Medical Dosimetrists 80% of the skills carry over $138k 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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