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Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D

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Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D is a hot technology 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 30 occupations that together employ about 6,689,590 workers, with a median wage of $86,665. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

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 AutoCAD Civil 3D, 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
Sustainability Specialists 1,128,200 $81,270
Project Management Specialists 1,006,160 $100,750
Solar Energy Installation Managers 806,080 $78,690
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators 397,770 $78,420
Civil Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Transportation Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Water/Wastewater Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Construction Managers 348,330 $106,980
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Graphic Designers 214,260 $61,300
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 213,000 $102,010
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Electrical Engineers 188,790 $111,910
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 111,140 $96,690
Architectural and Civil Drafters 109,550 $64,280
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 104,450 $63,910
Environmental Restoration Planners 84,930 $80,060
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 62,130 $64,200
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 56,720 $51,940
Surveyors 53,080 $72,740
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 45,680 $51,650
Mechanical Drafters 39,900 $68,510
Environmental Engineers 37,950 $104,170
Transportation Planners 36,970 $100,340
Special Effects Artists and Animators 21,280 $99,800
Landscape Architects 19,580 $79,660
Calibration Technologists and Technicians 15,320 $65,040
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians 12,500 $58,890
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 6,770 $101,020
Hydrologists 5,720 $92,060
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 30 occupations in occupations that use Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators Solar Energy Installation Managers Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians Surveyors Electrical Engineers Hydrologists Special Effects Artists and Animators Surveying and Mapping Technicians Architectural and Engineering Managers Mechanical Drafters Graphic Designers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D, by AI task-overlap and median pay

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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. "Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D." 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-autocad-civil-3d

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Singulariki. (2026). Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/autodesk-autocad-civil-3d

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