← Risk register Form CI-S · reviewed 2026-08-11

Engineering & AI

36 occupations · 2,617,130 US workers · $263.8B in annual wages

How this sector scores

Engineering averages 46/100 across its occupations, or 48/100 weighted by how many people actually work each one. No sector is uniformly anything — the spread below is the point.

COOKED 4 · EXPOSED 30 · SAFE 2

Most protected
Surveyors 72

Most exposed
Mechanical Drafters 21

Occupation Verdict Resistance Where it holdsT·E·L·R·J Workers
Civil Engineers EXPOSED 63/100 T E L R J 367,840
Industrial Engineers EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 365,740
Mechanical Engineers EXPOSED 48/100 T E L R J 296,810
Electrical Engineers EXPOSED 52/100 T E L R J 198,750
Engineers, All Other EXPOSED 48/100 T E L R J 154,070
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval EXPOSED 61/100 T E L R J 106,770
Architectural and Civil Drafters COOKED 22/100 T E L R J 103,700
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer EXPOSED 46/100 T E L R J 96,900
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians EXPOSED 45/100 T E L R J 95,130
Computer Hardware Engineers EXPOSED 40/100 T E L R J 76,660
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians EXPOSED 36/100 T E L R J 75,570
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians EXPOSED 37/100 T E L R J 68,520
Aerospace Engineers EXPOSED 48/100 T E L R J 67,710
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other EXPOSED 41/100 T E L R J 59,930
Surveying and Mapping Technicians EXPOSED 39/100 T E L R J 58,010
Surveyors SAFE 72/100 T E L R J 50,830
Mechanical Drafters COOKED 21/100 T E L R J 39,960
Environmental Engineers EXPOSED 54/100 T E L R J 38,340
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians EXPOSED 40/100 T E L R J 36,190
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers EXPOSED 47/100 T E L R J 23,480
Materials Engineers EXPOSED 44/100 T E L R J 22,770
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors EXPOSED 57/100 T E L R J 21,450
Chemical Engineers EXPOSED 51/100 T E L R J 21,070
Landscape Architects EXPOSED 53/100 T E L R J 19,600
Petroleum Engineers EXPOSED 48/100 T E L R J 18,060
Electrical and Electronics Drafters COOKED 25/100 T E L R J 17,920
Calibration Technologists and Technicians EXPOSED 51/100 T E L R J 16,540
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians EXPOSED 55/100 T E L R J 15,520
Nuclear Engineers EXPOSED 57/100 T E L R J 15,280
Drafters, All Other COOKED 28/100 T E L R J 14,470
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists EXPOSED 34/100 T E L R J 14,260
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians EXPOSED 41/100 T E L R J 12,190
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians EXPOSED 45/100 T E L R J 11,280
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects EXPOSED 54/100 T E L R J 8,250
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers SAFE 68/100 T E L R J 6,080
Agricultural Engineers EXPOSED 52/100 T E L R J 1,480

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