Takeover Tracker
32%medium risk
Transportation Engineers
vs

69 shared · 20 different

core competencies

33%medium risk
Transportation Planners

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricTransportation EngineersTransportation Planners
Risk Score32.4%32.9%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile53th56th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)7 / 159 / 15
Median Salary$99,590$100,340
Employment355K37K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Building and Construction
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
Design
Physics
Developing Objectives and Strategies
Engineering and Technology
Management of Financial Resources
Mathematical Reasoning
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
MathematicsAI-Vulnerable
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
Category Flexibility

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Transportation Engineers

32%

total discount

Transportation Planners

31%

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.

Transportation Planners

9 of 15 at risk
72%Prepare necessary documents to obtain planned project approvals or permits.
64%Analyze information from traffic counting programs.
54%Design transportation surveys to identify areas of public concern.
53%Interpret data from traffic modeling software, geographic information systems, or associated databases.
53%Define regional or local transportation planning problems or priorities.

Wage Comparison

Transportation Planners earns +$750(+1%) vs Transportation Engineers
Transportation EngineersTransportation Planners
10th
$65,920$62,570
25th
$78,790$79,210
Median
$99,590$100,340
75th
$128,290$127,880
90th
$160,990$160,810

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Transportation Engineers2028–2035
Transportation Planners2028–2035
20242030203520402045

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

Risk-Adjusted Salary

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

Transportation Engineers

$67,363

from $99,590

Transportation Planners

$67,378

from $100,340

After adjusting for AI risk, Transportation Planners offers $16 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Transportation

0

Unique to Transportation

Combined Protection Strategy

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

Fine Manipulation
Creativity
Regulatory Barriers
Social Intelligence
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