Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
Decription
Resources
Comments

Industrial Engineers

AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
44%
risk level
POLLING
33%
Based on 288 votes
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
10.2%
by 2031
WAGES
$96,350
or $46.32 hourly
VOLUME
321,400
as of 2022
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
7.3/10
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Comments (2)

Automation risk

44% (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.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

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

  • Originality

  • Social Perceptiveness

User poll

33% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that there is a small chance this occupation will be replaced. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 44% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that this occupation will be replaced by robots or AI in the next 20 years?






Growth

Very fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Industrial Engineers' job openings is expected to rise 10.2% by 2031

Total employment, and estimated job openings

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

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2022, the median annual wage for 'Industrial Engineers' was $96,350, or $46.32 per hour

'Industrial Engineers' were paid 108.1% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $46,310

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2022 there were 321,400 people employed as Industrial Engineers within the United States.

This represents around 0.22% of the employed workforce across the country.

Put another way, around 1 in 460 people are employed as Industrial Engineers.

Job description

Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.

SOC Code: 17-2112.00

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Comments

CK says
IEs are the ones who will be automating production using Machine Learning and AI
Jul 08, 2021 at 03:45 AM
ken wang (Likely) says
IE is a technical oriented job, there are standarlize module of those work. So, AI can collect data and use same module to get the job done
Dec 04, 2019 at 12:17 PM

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