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Traffic Technicians
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 4% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #457 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $59,090 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 8,100 in the US, with about 900 openings a year
The work, 18 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: Analyze data to improve operations26%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor traffic conditions8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
Still yours: Schedule operational activities6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 9 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Compile records, documentation, or other data5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 191 conversations, and it got them there 86% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Identify business or organizational opportunities4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,883 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Repair electrical or electronic equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Install commercial or production equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Plan work activities3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 720 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
Still yours: Develop organizational or program goals or objectives1%
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 104 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
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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 0.12, higher than 41% 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, 53-6041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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