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Surveying and Mapping Technicians
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 5.8% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #315 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $54,240 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 58,800 in the US, with about 6,900 openings a year
The work, 11 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: Gather data about operational or development activities21%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 251 conversations, and it got them there 88% of the time.
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays19%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
Still yours: Assess characteristics of land or property16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 903 conversations, and it got them there 86% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standards7%
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: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
AI helps with this: Design computer or information systems or applications5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 938 conversations, and it got them there 85% of the time.
AI does this: Assist scientists, scholars, or technical specialists with projects or research5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 250 Copilot conversations and completed it 79% of the time.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
AI does this: Document technical designs, procedures, or activities2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 779 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 6,900 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.
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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 0.22, higher than 73% 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, 17-3031 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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