Takeover Tracker
31%medium risk
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
vs

77 shared · 20 different

core competencies

32%medium risk
Transportation Engineers

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricArchitects, Except Landscape and NavalTransportation Engineers
Risk Score31.3%32.4%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile47th53th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)6 / 157 / 15
Median Salary$96,690$99,590
Employment111K355K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Transportation
Thinking Creatively
Engineering and Technology
MathematicsAI-Vulnerable
Physics
Customer and Personal Service
Far Vision
Analyzing Data or Information
Sales and Marketing
MonitoringAI-Augmented
Originality
Processing Information

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

35%

total discount

Transportation Engineers

32%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

6 of 15 at risk
73%Prepare contract documents for building contractors.
72%Prepare information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimated costs, or construction time.
69%Administer construction contracts.
55%Plan layouts of structural architectural projects.
55%Prepare scale drawings or architectural designs, using computer-aided design or other tools.

Transportation Engineers

7 of 15 at risk
86%Prepare administrative, technical, or statistical reports on traffic-operation matters, such as accidents, safety measures, or pedestrian volume or practices.
84%Estimate transportation project costs.
72%Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials.
53%Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as airports, commuter trains, highways, streets, bridges, drainage structures, or roadway lighting.
52%Design or engineer drainage, erosion, or sedimentation control systems for transportation projects.

Wage Comparison

Transportation Engineers earns +$2,900(+3%) vs Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and NavalTransportation Engineers
10th
$60,510$65,920
25th
$76,110$78,790
Median
$96,690$99,590
75th
$123,300$128,290
90th
$159,800$160,990

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval2028–2035
Transportation Engineers2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Transportation Engineers.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

$66,445

from $96,690

Transportation Engineers

$67,363

from $99,590

After adjusting for AI risk, Transportation Engineers offers $917 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Architects,

0

Unique to Transportation

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Creativity
Fine Manipulation
Decision Complexity
Regulatory Barriers
Architects, Except Landscape and NavalTransportation Engineers
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