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Autodesk 3ds Max Design

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Autodesk 3ds Max Design is a software tool tracked in the Computer aided design CAD software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 5 occupations that together employ about 246,710 workers, with a median wage of $96,690.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 73rd percentile for AI task-exposure (High) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Autodesk 3ds Max Design, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 111,140 $96,690
Art Directors 50,370 $111,040
Urban and Regional Planners 43,040 $83,720
Special Effects Artists and Animators 21,280 $99,800
Plasterers and Stucco Masons 20,880 $56,020
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 5 occupations in occupations that use Autodesk 3ds Max Design. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Plasterers and Stucco Masons Special Effects Artists and Animators Art Directors Urban and Regional Planners AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Autodesk 3ds Max Design, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Computer aided design CAD software category.

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. "Autodesk 3ds Max Design." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/software/autodesk-3ds-max-design

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Singulariki. (2026). Autodesk 3ds Max Design. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/autodesk-3ds-max-design

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