Mechanical Engineers
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Automation risk
Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.
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User poll
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 21% chance of automation.
What do you think the risk of automation is?
What is the likelihood that Mechanical Engineers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
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Growth
The number of 'Mechanical Engineers' job openings is expected to rise 2.2% by 2032
Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2023.
Wages
In 2022, the median annual wage for 'Mechanical Engineers' was $96,310, or $46 per hour
'Mechanical Engineers' were paid 108.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $46,310
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Volume
As of 2022 there were 277,560 people employed as 'Mechanical Engineers' within the United States.
This represents around 0.19% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 532 people are employed as 'Mechanical Engineers'.
Job description
Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.
SOC Code: 17-2141.00
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Engineering is also a profession, which means that its members set the standards for who can be called an engineer and take responsibility for their decisions. AI cannot make decisions in light of the weight of their actions. It is a tool, not a person, which ultimately undermines any semblance of accountability that is necessary for engineering to be a respectable and societally beneficial profession.
1. Fixing stuff, this is complicated as it could literally be anything that could be broken about something.
2. Complexity, the more complex a job is, the more unlikely this job will be taken, this job is hard and absurdly complex sometimes.
3. Problems, this job can cause lots of issues with AI and it is the communication and bugs/viruses that could occur, the cost of these robots would be nuts and it would be hard to afford these machines.
4. Design, AI is a complex work of coding, there is one problem, how would they make the design of there robots that won't screw up how they work, they have to be just right to mimic a person and that would be hard to do.
AI will take over the simpler tasks, so some people might lose their jobs, but here are till task that are still hard for AI, or need someone, who implements AIs results in real life, or somebody who revise its work. AI is still not a person but a machine, so it doesn't care any responsibility for what it has done.
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