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Power Distributors and Dispatchers

Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.

76 AI exposure
44 Human advantage
52 Market demand
62 AI leverage

Is Power Distributors and Dispatchers a safe career from AI?

Power Distributors and Dispatchers scores 76 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 44. 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 52 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 Power Distributors and Dispatchers pay

The median wage is $107,240 a year. The lower quarter earns under $91,670 and the upper quarter over $128,690. About 9,180 people do this work in the United States.

Where Power Distributors and Dispatchers can go next

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

Computer Hardware Engineers 79% of the skills carry over $155k median
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 79% of the skills carry over $130k median
Commercial Pilots 76% of the skills carry over $123k median
Medical Dosimetrists 77% 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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