AI Career Radar

Civil Engineers

Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.

AI exposure37 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation33
Freedom to set tasks75
Repeating the same tasks55
$100,840Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+6.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
67Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
75
Speaking
63
72
Critical Thinking
63
72
Judgment and Decision Making
63
60
Monitoring
63
56
Complex Problem Solving
62
72
Active Learning
62
56
Coordination
62
53
Reading Comprehension
61
72
Time Management
61
69
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
56
Social Perceptiveness
60
50
Instructing
58
50
Learning Strategies
58
47
Systems Analysis
57
69
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Service Orientation
56
50
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
72
Science
52
69
Negotiation
52
50
Management of Personnel Resources
50
50
Operations Analysis
49
66
Installation
48
0
Management of Financial Resources
47
47
Management of Material Resources
47
47
Technology Design
47
31
Quality Control Analysis
47
31
Equipment Maintenance
47
13
Troubleshooting
47
13
Equipment Selection
47
6
Operations Monitoring
46
28
Repairing
46
16
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
9

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

90/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$132,300
10-yr growth
+41%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Writing, Active Learning

89/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$120,230
10-yr growth
+34.6%
Skill gap
4%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Active Learning, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Reading Comprehension

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$166,570
10-yr growth
+9.7%
Skill gap
4%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Monitoring

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Writing, Monitoring

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Writing, Active Learning

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Active Learning, Service Orientation

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Civil Engineers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.