Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Moderate Risk
46%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
51%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
40%
(Moderate Risk)
Average: 46%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-0.4 %
by year 2032
WAGES
$72,800
or $35.00 per hour
Volume
97,420
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
4.9/10

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Calculated automation risk

51% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

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User poll

40% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 51% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians' job openings is expected to decline 0.4% by 2032

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians' was $72,800, or $34 per hour

'Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians' were paid 51.5% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 97,420 people employed as 'Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians' within the United States.

This represents around 0.06% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians'.

Job description

Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.

SOC Code: 17-3023.00

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Comments

a Tech (No chance) 3 months ago
These are jobs that make the automation, troubleshoot them and ensure that things actually work IRL. Soft jobs like programming or software engineering don't actually often dwelve into the domain of hardware, and even when they do the technologists are the ones that actually do the specialized hardware integration.
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Saeed (Low) 1 year ago
Because we are the trainer of robots.. we are teacher of them..and we can maintain them
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Maxi 2 years ago
Robots cant analyze and repair issues on machines. Cant program plcs. Always there is a person that tell the robot what it should do
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Blain 3 years ago
I am finding that electronics are becoming easier for the end user to install and use. You no longer really need a degrees to work in telecoms as a lot is plug and play.
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Prashan (Uncertain) 4 years ago
Still they have no emotional intelligence, AI can not do every job
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