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Electrical Engineers
Also filed here: Electrical engineer
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 9.9% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #454 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +9.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $120,630 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 199,700 in the US, with about 11,400 openings a year
The work, 24 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
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Determine resource needs of projects or operations7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,590 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
Still yours: Design structures or facilities6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,196 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
AI does this: Operate computer systems or computerized equipment5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 92 Copilot conversations and completed it 71% of the time.
AI does this: Communicate with others about specifications or project details4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 78% of the time.
AI helps with this: Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 502 conversations, and it got them there 54% of the time.
Still yours: Direct construction or extraction activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Investigate organizational or operational problems4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,383 conversations, and it got them there 86% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Test characteristics of materials or products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
AI does this: Train others on operational or work procedures4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 348 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Estimate project development or operational costs3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage budgets or finances3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop systems or practices to mitigate or resolve environmental problems3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop research plans or methodologies3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Design computer or information systems or applications2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 938 conversations, and it got them there 85% of the time.
Still yours: Design industrial systems or equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assess characteristics of land or property1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Gather data about operational or development activities1%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 251 conversations, and it got them there 88% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 110 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 11,400 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 0.11, higher than 37% 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, 17-2071 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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