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Ship Engineers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.7% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #673 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $109,530 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 8,800 in the US, with about 900 openings a year
The work, 14 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Maintain vehicles in working condition17%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Notify others of emergencies or problems8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor resources or inventories7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct security or safety activities or operations6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate pumping systems or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Assemble equipment or components4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Fabricate devices or components2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 43% of the workMotorboat Operators0% AI does, against 3% here+4.9% by 2035 · $47,520 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 42% of the workPump Operators24% AI does, against 3% here+4.3% by 2035 · $61,770 · High school diploma
- Shares 41% of the workGas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators0% AI does, against 3% here+2.1% by 2035 · $77,320 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.02, higher than 4% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 53-5031 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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