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Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians

Field of study · CIP 2020

Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians is one of the fields of study in the U.S. Department of Education's Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). It contains 73 detailed programs and, through the official CIP–SOC crosswalk, connects to 53 occupations employing about 7,332,410 workers, with a median wage of $68,620. The crosswalk shows which jobs a field of study is related to — not a guarantee of entry.

What the occupations pay

Median annual wage across the occupations this field of study leads to, from BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024). The middle range is the 25th–75th percentile of those occupation medians — it describes the field, not any one job or graduate.

Median occupation wage $68,620
Middle range (p25–p75) $58,470 – $87,600
Occupations with wage data 52 of 53

AI exposure of this field of study

Two published studies estimate how exposed each occupation is to today's AI. The OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" study rates the share of an occupation's tasks a large language model (with tools) could speed up by half or more; averaged across the occupations this field of study leads to it is 31% — 24th percentile of all fields of study. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages 0.12 here.

Computed across the 50 of 53 occupations this field leads to that carry a published exposure score.

The most-exposed fields of study lead to knowledge, language and analytical work; the least-exposed lead to physical trades and hands-on production. Exposure measures where AI could assist tasks, not a prediction that these jobs will be automated; high exposure most often means augmentation. Bands are comparable across the cluster, education, job-zone and field-of-study tiers (same two studies, same percentile method).

Where this field of study leads

The largest occupations connected to this field by the CIP–SOC crosswalk, by employment. Wage and employment describe the occupation, not an individual.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 688,840 $49,670
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 591,180 $47,460
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 424,040 $51,000
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 396,870 $59,810
Industrial Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Construction Managers 348,330 $106,980
Industrial Production Managers 234,380 $121,440
Cost Estimators 219,530 $77,070
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 151,530 $78,490
Engineers, All Other 150,750 $117,750
Facilities Managers 141,090 $104,690
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 128,430 $83,910
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 126,750 $58,260
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Architectural and Civil Drafters 109,550 $64,280
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 92,710 $77,180
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 73,410 $64,790
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other 64,410 $77,390
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 62,130 $64,200
Medical Equipment Repairers 60,830 $62,630
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 56,720 $51,940
Surveyors 53,080 $72,740
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 50,570 $48,490
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 44,120 $57,980
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 39,910 $106,120
Mechanical Drafters 39,900 $68,510
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 39,390 $49,490
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 37,450 $68,730
Semiconductor Processing Technicians 32,150 $51,180
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 31,450 $58,440
Power Plant Operators 30,720 $99,670
Commercial and Industrial Designers 30,250 $79,450
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 28,280 $51,860
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 24,250 $54,950
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 23,040 $100,940
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 20,020 $73,720
Drafters, All Other 16,010 $62,010

Programs in this field

A sample of the detailed CIP programs within this family. The full family contains 73 programs.

  • 15.1307 3-D Modeling and Design Technology/Technician
  • 15.0801 Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.0001 Applied Engineering Technologies/Technicians
  • 15.1303 Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD
  • 15.0101 Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
  • 15.0307 Audio Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.0406 Automation Engineer Technology/Technician
  • 15.0803 Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.0401 Biomedical Technology/Technician
  • 15.1302 CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  • 15.0615 Chemical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.1304 Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD
  • 15.0201 Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians
  • 15.0617 Composite Materials Technology/Technician
  • 15.1299 Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • 15.1201 Computer Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.1203 Computer Hardware Technology/Technician
  • 15.1204 Computer Software Technology/Technician
  • 15.1202 Computer/Computer Systems Technology/Technician
  • 15.1001 Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.1301 Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • 15.1399 Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • 15.0303 Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.0399 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • 15.1305 Electrical/Electronics Drafting and Electrical/Electronics CAD/CADD
  • 15.0499 Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • 15.0403 Electromechanical/Electromechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • 15.1799 Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • 15.1701 Energy Systems Technology/Technician
  • 15.1502 Engineering Design

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 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; CIP-2020 2020; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/programs/engineering-engineering-related-technologies-technicians

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