Takeover Tracker
32%medium risk
Transportation Engineers
vs

32 shared · 51 different

core competencies

46%medium risk
Civil Drafters

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricTransportation EngineersCivil Drafters
Risk Score32.4%46.2%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile53th93th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)7 / 1510 / 15
Median Salary$99,590$64,280
Employment355K110K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Transportation
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
Analyzing Data or Information
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
Deductive Reasoning
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Physics
Scheduling Work and Activities
Administration and Management
Mathematical Reasoning
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Transportation Engineers

32%

total discount

Civil Drafters

25%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

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.

Civil Drafters

10 of 15 at risk
87%Calculate excavation tonnage and prepare graphs and fill-hauling diagrams for use in earth-moving operations.
85%Draw maps, diagrams, and profiles, using cross-sections and surveys, to represent elevations, topographical contours, subsurface formations, and structures.
85%Locate and identify symbols on topographical surveys to denote geological and geophysical formations or oil field installations.
85%Plot characteristics of boreholes for oil and gas wells from photographic subsurface survey recordings and other data, representing depth, degree, and direction of inclination.
77%Produce drawings, using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD) or drafting machines, or by hand, using compasses, dividers, protractors, triangles, and other drafting devices.

Wage Comparison

Civil Drafters earns -$35,310(-35%) vs Transportation Engineers
Transportation EngineersCivil Drafters
10th
$65,920$44,040
25th
$78,790$52,880
Median
$99,590$64,280
75th
$128,290$79,510
90th
$160,990$98,190

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Transportation Engineers2028–2035
Civil Drafters2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Transportation Engineers has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Civil Drafters.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

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

Transportation Engineers

$67,363

from $99,590

Civil Drafters

$34,563

from $64,280

After adjusting for AI risk, Transportation Engineers offers $32,799 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Transportation

0

Unique to Civil

Combined Protection Strategy

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

Decision Complexity
Social Intelligence
Creativity
Regulatory Barriers
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