Occupation
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Design, develop, and evaluate the operation of marine vessels, ship machinery, and related equipment, such as power supply and propulsion systems.
Is Marine Engineers and Naval Architects a safe career from AI?
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects scores 77 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 46. 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 56 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 6.7% over ten years.
What Marine Engineers and Naval Architects pay
The median wage is $105,670 a year. The lower quarter earns under $88,480 and the upper quarter over $133,780. About 8,440 people do this work in the United States.
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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.