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Architectural and Engineering Managers
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 5.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #217 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $171,270 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 220,900 in the US, with about 14,900 openings a year
The work, 27 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI does this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,089 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate green technologies or processes6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate project feasibility6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct construction or extraction activities6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Analyze data to improve operations6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop sustainable organizational or business policies or practices5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Authorize business activities or transactions5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Implement procedures or processes4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 377 Copilot conversations and completed it 89% of the time.
Still yours: Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Negotiate contracts or agreements3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Develop technical specifications for products or operations3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,901 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Investigate the environmental impact of industrial or development activities3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Explain regulations, policies, or procedures3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 84 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate environmental or sustainability information3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 392 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI does this: Analyze market or industry conditions2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,486 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
Still yours: Manage budgets or finances2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Manage human resources activities2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop organizational or program goals or objectives2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public1%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
AI does this: Promote products, services, or programs1%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Assess characteristics or impacts of regulations or policies1%
AI performed this in about 1 in 640 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 106 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 14,900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 48% of the workChief Executives25% AI does, against 31% here+3.2% by 2035 · $213,990 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 37% of the workNatural Sciences Managers17% AI does, against 31% here+8.2% by 2035 · $167,220 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 35% of the workPurchasing Managers21% AI does, against 31% here+4% by 2035 · $148,080 · Bachelor’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.16, higher than 57% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 11-9041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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