Takeover Tracker
32%medium risk
Transportation Engineers
vs

83 shared · 11 different

core competencies

28%medium risk
Civil Engineers

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricTransportation EngineersCivil Engineers
Risk Score32.4%27.9%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile53th29th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)7 / 155 / 15
Median Salary$99,590$99,590
Employment355K355K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Transportation
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
Science
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Thinking Creatively
Operations Analysis
Design
Flexibility of Closure
Processing Information
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
Economics and Accounting

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Transportation Engineers

32%

total discount

Civil Engineers

32%

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 Engineers

5 of 15 at risk
86%Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility.
53%Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, aerial photography, or other topographical or geologic data.
51%Compute load and grade requirements, water flow rates, or material stress factors to determine design specifications.
51%Plan and design transportation or hydraulic systems or structures using computer assisted design or drawing tools.
50%Test soils or materials to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations, concrete, asphalt, or steel.

Wage Comparison

Civil Engineers earns $0(0%) vs Transportation Engineers
Transportation EngineersCivil Engineers
10th
$65,920$65,920
25th
$78,790$78,790
Median
$99,590$99,590
75th
$128,290$128,290
90th
$160,990$160,990

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Transportation Engineers2028–2035
Civil Engineers2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Civil Engineers 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%)

Transportation Engineers

$67,363

from $99,590

Civil Engineers

$71,834

from $99,590

After adjusting for AI risk, Civil Engineers offers $4,472 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
Fine Manipulation
Transportation EngineersCivil Engineers
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