Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
Decription
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Cost Estimators

AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
54%
risk level
POLLING
50%
Based on 111 votes
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-2.1 %
by year 2032
WAGES
$74,740
or $35.93 per hour
Volume
220,970
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
4.3/10

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Automation risk

54% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

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

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Negotiation

  • Persuasion

User poll

50% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 54% chance of automation.

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






Sentiment

The following graph(s) are included wherever there is a substantial amount of votes to render meaningful data. These visual representations display user poll results over time, providing a significant indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Cost Estimators' job openings is expected to decline 2.1% by 2032

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2023.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Cost Estimators' was $74,740, or $35 per hour

'Cost Estimators' were paid 55.5% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 220,970 people employed as 'Cost Estimators' within the United States.

This represents around 0.15% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 687 people are employed as 'Cost Estimators'.

Job description

Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.

SOC Code: 13-1051.00

Comments

AR (Highly likely) 6 months ago
99% of my job is working in various programs (planswift, excel, bluebeam, etc) so it's just a matter of when they can automate those programs. High level humans will remain, as there will be too many unknowns to be accounted for.
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Mack (Low) 1 year ago
Estimations require human overview to determine cost v value, feasibility, weighing up real-time economic trends, personalised and unique designs from client etc.

Tasks such as drawing takeoff and generating schedules can be automated to a certain extent but still require human spot check and verification.

Admin tasks to set up and administer contracts can be automated.
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Alhasan (Moderate) 2 years ago
This job is likely to become automated gradually, as it is becoming more dependent on software. It requires machine learning and automated market research.
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Sam (Highly likely) 4 years ago
Too simple
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