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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Conduct subsurface surveys to identify the characteristics of potential land or mining development sites. May specify the ground support systems, processes, and equipment for safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction or underground construction activities. May inspect areas for unsafe geological conditions, equipment, and working conditions. May design, implement, and coordinate mine safety programs.

96 AI exposure
36 Human advantage
53 Market demand
69 AI leverage

Is Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers a safe career from AI?

Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers scores 96 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 36, 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 53 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 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers pay

The median wage is $101,020 a year. The lower quarter earns under $81,040 and the upper quarter over $129,860. About 6,770 people do this work in the United States.

Where Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 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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