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The MathWorks MATLAB

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The MathWorks MATLAB is a hot technology software tool tracked in the Analytical or scientific software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 111 occupations that together employ about 21,103,130 workers, with a median wage of $102,320. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 78th 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 The MathWorks MATLAB, 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
General and Operations Managers 3,584,420 $102,950
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Computer and Information Systems Managers 645,970 $171,200
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 591,180 $47,460
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 472,300 $78,140
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Marketing Managers 384,980 $161,030
Civil Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 350,230 $101,140
Industrial Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Manufacturing Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Validation Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Financial and Investment Analysts 340,580 $101,350
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 319,630 $104,070
Preventive Medicine Physicians 315,360 —
Automotive Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Fuel Cell Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Logistics Analysts 235,640 $80,880
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Data Scientists 233,440 $112,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Electrical Engineers 188,790 $111,910
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 156,300 $100,590
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar 150,750 $117,750
Mechatronics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Microsystems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Photonics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Robotics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Solar Energy Systems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Wind Energy Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Energy Auditors 137,210 $72,120
Financial Quantitative Analysts 127,450 $80,190
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Clinical Research Coordinators 100,870 $161,180
Natural Sciences Managers 100,870 $161,180
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 93,940 $127,590
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 93,940 $127,590
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 92,710 $77,180
Climate Change Policy Analysts 84,930 $80,060
Industrial Ecologists 84,930 $80,060
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Computer Hardware Engineers 75,710 $155,020
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 73,410 $64,790
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Quality Control Analysts 71,400 $60,130
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Aerospace Engineers 68,440 $134,830
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
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 40 occupations in occupations that use The MathWorks MATLAB. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Energy Auditors Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Electrical Engineers General and Operations Managers Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Quality Control Analysts Clinical Research Coordinators Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Civil Engineers Climate Change Policy Analysts AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use The MathWorks MATLAB, by AI task-overlap and median pay

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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. "The MathWorks MATLAB." 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/the-mathworks-matlab

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