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Transportation Planners vs Civil Engineers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Transportation Planners and Civil Engineers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Transportation Planners Civil Engineers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$100,340
$99,590
Employment · BLS OEWS
36,970
355,410
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
94th pct
69th pct

At a glance

Dimension Transportation Planners Civil Engineers
Median pay $100,340 $99,590
Employment 36,970 355,410
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-1.7%) About average (+5.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 3,200 23,600
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 94th pct High · 69th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 90th pct · 52% of tasks 57th pct · 30% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (47.2%) Augmentation-leaning (35.8%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Writing, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Expression, Fluency of Ideas, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, English Language, Judgment and Decision Making, Problem Sensitivity, Visualization, Mathematics, Active Learning, Near Vision, Speech Clarity, Information Ordering, Systems Analysis, Speech Recognition, Administration and Management, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, Operations Analysis, Time Management, Category Flexibility, Mathematical Reasoning, Flexibility of Closure.

Specific to Transportation Planners

  • Transportation
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Geography
  • Law and Government
  • Coordination
  • Originality
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Monitoring

Specific to Civil Engineers

  • Design
  • Building and Construction
  • Science
  • Number Facility
  • Physics
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Far Vision
  • Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Geographic information system , Data base user interface and query software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Document management software , Graphics or photo imaging software , Computer aided design CAD software , Analytical or scientific software , Project management software , Development environment software , Map creation software .

Specific to Transportation Planners

Specific to Civil Engineers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Transportation Planners or Civil Engineers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Transportation Planners vs Civil Engineers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/transportation-planners-vs-civil-engineers

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Transportation Planners vs Civil Engineers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/transportation-planners-vs-civil-engineers

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