# Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians

> SOC minor group 17-3000 within Architecture and Engineering Occupations — 19 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 17-3000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/drafters-engineering-technicians-and-mapping-technicians
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 878,230.
- **Median wage:** $68,730.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 1.3%.
- **Annual openings:** 79.9.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 57th percentile (Moderate) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Architectural and Civil Drafters (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3011-00) — $64,280; 1st percentile overlap
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3023-00) — $77,180; 0th percentile overlap
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3026-00) — $64,790; 0th percentile overlap
- Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3026-01) — $64,790; 0th percentile overlap
- Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3029-00) — $77,390; 0th percentile overlap
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3029-01) — $77,390; 0th percentile overlap
- Photonics Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3029-08) — $77,390; 0th percentile overlap
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3022-00) — $64,200; 0th percentile overlap
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3031-00) — $51,940; 1st percentile overlap
- Mechanical Drafters (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3013-00) — $68,510; 0th percentile overlap
- Automotive Engineering Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3027-01) — $68,730; 0th percentile overlap
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3027-00) — $68,730; 0th percentile overlap
- Electrical and Electronics Drafters (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3012-00) — $73,720; 0th percentile overlap
- Drafters, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3019-00) — $62,010
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3028-00) — $65,040; 0th percentile overlap
- Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3024-00) — $70,760; 0th percentile overlap
- Robotics Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3024-01) — $70,760; 0th percentile overlap
- Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3025-00) — $58,890; 0th percentile overlap
- Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-17-3021-00) — $79,830; 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/drafters-engineering-technicians-and-mapping-technicians_