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Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 7.4% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #368 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +7.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $81,390 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 14,700 in the US, with about 900 openings a year
The work, 9 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 helps with this: Create visual designs or displays32%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
AI helps with this: Gather data about operational or development activities18%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 251 conversations, and it got them there 88% of the time.
Still yours: Assess characteristics of land or property15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Analyze environmental or geospatial data7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Operate computer systems or computerized equipment6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 92 Copilot conversations and completed it 71% of the time.
AI does this: Develop technical specifications for products or operations5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,901 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Determine operational methods or procedures4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 461 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
AI does this: Select materials or equipment for operations or projects4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 529 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 107 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
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Where your skills travel.
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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 0.18, higher than 62% 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, 17-1021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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