Electronics Engineers
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We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

23% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): This occupation has a lower risk of full replacement by AI, software, or robotic systems. Some tasks may be automated or assisted, but the role usually still relies on human judgement, communication, responsibility, physical adaptability, or practical decision-making.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Thinking creatively

Quite important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Quite important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Quite important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Operations analysis

Quite important
Why this matters
Figure out what people need and what a product must do, then translate those requirements into a workable design.
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Education and training expertise

Quite important
Why this matters
Designing and delivering instruction—adapting lessons to different learners and measuring whether training actually works.
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What users think

Based on 303 votes

35% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 23% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Electronics Engineers, Except Computer will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Electronics Engineers, Except Computer was $127,590 ($61 per hour).

The median annual wage for Electronics Engineers, Except Computer was 157.8% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

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Growth

Very fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Electronics Engineers, Except Computer' job openings is expected to rise 6.2% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 93,940 people employed as 'Electronics Engineers, Except Computer' 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 'Electronics Engineers, Except Computer'.

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What people are saying (10)

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Marcus Almeida (Uncertain)
10 Dec 2025 00:27
I believe that some engineering functions, such as project planning, may become automated, but a significant portion will still be carried out by humans, particularly in field maintenance. That part won't be automated.
Rafa (Low)
04 Nov 2025 23:29
It's very difficult, and the idea that robots will replace them in 20 years is a very short time frame. Moreover, this field of engineering plays a crucial role in the automation of robots. The robots would have to be extremely advanced.
François (Highly likely)
20 Jan 2025 16:59
20 years is a long time in AI terms. Everything is highly likely to be replaced by AI by then.
Joshua (Low)
11 Dec 2023 17:44
Electronics requires to look at physical system design and real world uncertainties which ai can't manage
dhaarini (Low)
10 Sep 2023 06:38
electronics design, is quite evolving, have never seen any chatgpt kind of websites ever come close to ideating and designing. In general I feel chatgpt has mastered the art of generating code but not in design
Omar Elsherif (Low)
16 Aug 2023 19:25
Well, the electronics feild is extremely complicated as it combines some of the most challenging feilds of physics and mathematics like calculus, modern physics, quantum mechanics and an enormous variety of applications, so some of these applications design can be automated like kids' toys smart systems but to completely replace engineers in electronics, I don't see it happening any time soon
Chris Hickam (Highly likely)
05 Jul 2023 13:19
It can learn physics better, perform optimizations and has no problem with creating graphics like schematics either. Will likely be able to retrieve manufacturing quotes and order parts too.
Engineer
06 Jan 2023 16:34
Testing and commissioning is a field which cannot be automated easily. New test benches need to be set up, and testing methods need to be created every day or week. With no rules, no standards, and usually not enough actuators, devices, cables, connectors, microcontrollers, DAQ modules etc. are in the lab for the projects. But you still need to make the test somehow. Challenging and creative.

Also embedded system engineering (HW + SW as it is very complex), and maintenance engineering have a good chance well.

But I think finding the best routing on a PCB is something which will be done by AI soon.

To sum it up:
If your job requires sitting in front of a screen and you don't need to use your hands, possibly your role will be automated.
sean (Low)
06 Sep 2021 06:32
we need to make the robots
Chris (No chance)
01 Aug 2019 10:51
In my job customer interaction is important both to understand the situation and to explain after the job is done. No chance that'll happen any time soon
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Job description

Research, design, develop, or test electronic components and systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use employing knowledge of electronic theory and materials properties. Design electronic circuits and components for use in fields such as telecommunications, aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls.

O*NET-SOC code: 17-2072.00