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Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Also known as: Business Process Analyst, Engineering Technician, Industrial Engineering Analyst, Industrial Engineering Technician, Manufacturing Coordinator
median $66,12010-yr demand +1.7%AI exposure 0/100typical entry Associate's degree
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians is mid-paying, AI barely touches it so far, and demand is steady.

The full pay distribution

Not one number — the spread from the bottom 10% to the top 10% of filed salaries.

How pay grows with experience

From entry to expert, by reported wage level.

How exposed is it to AI?

Two things matter: how much AI is actually used in the role today (right), and how much it could automate in theory (up). Partially affected.
Each faint dot is another occupation. The amber dot is Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians — its position tells you whether the disruption is here yet or still over the horizon.
used today 0/100 automatable in theory 44/100 archetype The Hybrid Zone

If AI does come for this job — where could you go?

Adjacent careers ranked by how much safer + how much more they pay, and the skill gap to get there. Click any to see its full breakdown.

Which majors lead here

College paths that commonly feed this career — see each one's full outcomes.
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
CIP 15.00
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Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.06
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Quality Control And Safety Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.07
see major →
Engineering-Related Fields
CIP 15.15
see major →
How this is built. Median pay and the full distribution come from filed U.S. wage data (BLS OEWS + DOL/LCA filings); AI exposure blends O*NET task content with model-based automation potential; escape routes are computed from skill overlap between occupations, then ranked by how much safer + better-paid the move is. This joins real distributions and projects them forward — it needs the real distributions and the skill graph, not a guess. Figures describe group medians and trends, not any one person's outcome.