Mechatronics Engineers

Low Risk
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
48%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
29%
(Low Risk, Based on 201 votes)
Average: 39%
LABOR DEMAND *
GROWTH
5.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$111,970
or $53.83 per hour
Volume
150,990
as of 2023

Employment data isn't available specifically for this occupation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so we are using the data from Engineers, All Other.

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JOB SCORE
7.1/10
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- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

48% (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:

  • Originality

User poll

29% 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 48% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

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

Sentiment

The following graph is shown where there are enough votes to produce meaningful data. It displays user poll results over time, providing a clear indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Engineers, All Other' job openings is expected to rise 5.0% by 2033

* 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 'Engineers, All Other' was $111,970, or $54 per hour

'Engineers, All Other' were paid 133.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 150,990 people employed as 'Engineers, All Other' within the United States.

This represents around 0.10% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Engineers, All Other'.

Job description

Research, design, develop, or test automation, intelligent systems, smart devices, or industrial systems control.

SOC Code: 17-2199.05

Comments (5)

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Zak Cullen (Uncertain)
11 Jun 2025 00:41
The decisions a mechatronics engineer makes are more formulaic/repetitive than in mechanical or electrical but less repetitive than in electronic... it's hard to make a judgement on this one. Anything management, realworld judgement and value based (as in wants/priorities decisions, not numeric meaning of values), is very difficult to replace with AI as AI can't want or experience the way humans do.
Mr. shaworma (Highly likely)
14 Jan 2024 17:02
just because the logaritmic (or exponential) nature of AI growth
Laitha (No chance)
17 Jun 2023 16:06
Without preparation there is nothing,no feed no grow,there must be something big which is more than AI,human brain canno be replaced,this is unlimited ,if you create anything that is upto limited according to your thought
mo (Low)
23 Oct 2022 23:11
Mechatronics is The creator, it's like the god of robots.
Bob (No chance)
30 Aug 2022 20:58
We are the ones who design, build, and program the robots. There is no chance in the next 20 years we will have self building & programming robots.
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