Aerospace Engineers

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Vote Comments (33)
AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
39%
(Low Risk)
POLLING
32%
(Low Risk, Based on 1,080 votes)
Average: 35%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
6.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$130,720
or $62.84 per hour
Volume
66,660
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
7.5/10
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Calculated automation risk

39% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Originality

  • Persuasion

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Negotiation

User poll

32% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 39% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Aerospace Engineers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Aerospace Engineers' job openings is expected to rise 6.0% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Aerospace Engineers' was $130,720, or $63 per hour

'Aerospace Engineers' were paid 172.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 66,660 people employed as 'Aerospace Engineers' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 2 thousand people are employed as 'Aerospace Engineers'.

Job description

Perform engineering duties in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. May conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques.

SOC Code: 17-2011.00

Comments (33)

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wefjiboeu (No chance)
03 Dec 2024 15:13
The engineering of this kind of stuff requires sudden changes and the human mind
Alex (Low)
18 Aug 2025 13:16
Aerospace engineering requires human creativity that AI simply lacks
Kauã (No chance)
17 Mar 2023 04:55
No way people trust building ROCKETS to A.I.S
Nirmal Teja (No chance)
30 Mar 2024 17:05
It's almost impossible to any type of artificial intelligence to think out of the box as a human thoughts go there is no limit to human creativity but the artificial intelligence is limited even after decades..
James (No chance)
25 Jun 2023 10:03
Needs innovation and creativity
singe rapide
08 Apr 2025 21:29
So ?
L.M. (No chance)
15 Apr 2023 18:46
the risk of even a slight failure could prevent an ai that could replace this job from ever leaving development
Christopher Lebber (Uncertain)
20 Jan 2026 18:30
Most robots are created because of it, and this work requires a lot of originality.
A (Moderate)
20 Nov 2025 12:05
AI is still advancing at an alarming rate and is even capable of performing very complex mathematical calculations pertaining to the field compared to 2 years ago.

Whilst right now it can compare your suggestions on a particular design and leave you to figure out the best course of action, that itself might change in the future given how fast its reasoning is improving
High school freshmen 10000038 (Uncertain)
13 Nov 2025 20:50
The robots might be able to design the best aircraft but they can’t account for ersonal flare and other human factors like tailoring to a certain government officials tastes so you get chosen.
duck (Uncertain)
10 Apr 2023 18:38
Engineering is a difficult job and with the precision of present machines, they could make things more accurate than human hands. The only downside is a machine/robot can't make full decisions, Humans are able to go through options and choose the best one based on circumstance. Robots can't do that... yet
Bagle
21 May 2024 22:25
pls don't tel me me future profssion will b replaced by AI
Bret (Low)
28 Jul 2021 02:53
It's a complex job. Many constraints need to be accounted for. A computer just may not be as good at it.
katie
04 Jan 2021 17:02
Clever minds. Aerospace engineers need to come up with clever solutions, which robots cannot (at least with today foreseen technology). Think about all different trade studies which were sometimes counter intuitive and required completely surprising and innovative solutions. This would drive robots crazy, right? Teamwork. Aerospace engineers are required to help each other during product creations, which robots can not do properly. Either you guided someone younger, or you gave a hand on CAD or FEA software tips to a bloke close to retirement. Most of the time you did not care if this person is different skin colour, religion, gender or beliefs. Well this pays off in the end. No tight space requirement. Unless you are working in a design or manufacturing sweat shop, aerospace engineers do not require squeezing into small spaces which is strong point of robotics. Negotiation. Aerospace design requires negotiation skills, robots cannot do this properly. Think about all interface and supplier and customer meetings you have ever been to. Or even meetings with different functions like manufacturing and maybe stress analysis.
Jacob (Low)
07 Apr 2020 11:00
cos a robot can't get right into the small parts of a helicopter (for example), and if it could it would take way to long to program
Sawle (Uncertain)
23 Feb 2023 13:47
It really depends on how we see it, if we as engineers use AI to our advantage and adapt it's positives we can easily stay in the field, but if we step aside then you know what will happen eventually.
World now is not waiting for us to improve it WILL improve.
Nicolas (No chance)
29 Apr 2021 22:06
aerospace engineering is an area that needs innovation and creativity, always discovering new things and not always doing the same task, testing new materials and things that have never been used are constant tasks, etc.
Cody T. (Low)
09 Sep 2020 19:27
I just don't think it is realistic to replace this job within the next 20 years. It seems it take at least a little longer, as this job requires extremely difficult math, and hands on experience engineering. It also requires the capable human mind. Therefore it is unlikely that this job is replaced soon.
Julien (Low)
09 Sep 2020 18:41
Aerospace Engineers will not be replaced any time soon because robots and AI are not technologically advanced yet.
Bobby (Low)
26 Apr 2020 19:17
I know this can be said about most jobs, but I think Artificial Intelligence will be used as a tool instead of a replacement.
Felipe Duarte Padilha (No chance)
05 Jun 2024 22:38
Airplanes or general aircraft are extremely complicated machinery that would need AI inside of the craft to be engineered. It is also extremely costly and would most likely not be able for it to be replaced.
Aero (Low)
12 Jun 2023 21:57
Required novel application of physics
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