Takeover Tracker
33%medium risk
Transportation Planners
vs

52 shared · 32 different

core competencies

42%medium risk
City and Regional Planning Aides

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricTransportation PlannersCity and Regional Planning Aides
Risk Score32.9%42.2%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile56th86th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)9 / 156 / 12
Median Salary$100,340$58,040
Employment37K33K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Transportation
Engineering and Technology
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
Coaching and Developing Others
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
Fluency of Ideas
Systems Evaluation
MathematicsAI-Vulnerable
Geography
Visualization

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Transportation Planners

31%

total discount

City and Regional Planning Aides

28%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

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.

City and Regional Planning Aides

6 of 12 at risk
86%Prepare, maintain and update files and records, including land use data and statistics.
85%Prepare reports, using statistics, charts, and graphs, to illustrate planning studies in areas such as population, land use, or zoning.
84%Prepare, develop and maintain maps and databases.
83%Provide and process zoning and project permits and applications.
74%Perform code enforcement tasks.

Wage Comparison

City and Regional Planning Aides earns -$42,300(-42%) vs Transportation Planners
Transportation PlannersCity and Regional Planning Aides
10th
$62,570$36,410
25th
$79,210$46,190
Median
$100,340$58,040
75th
$127,880$73,060
90th
$160,810$100,620

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Displacement Timeline Comparison

Transportation Planners2028–2035
City and Regional Planning Aides2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Transportation Planners has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than City and Regional Planning Aides.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

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

Transportation Planners

$67,378

from $100,340

City and Regional Planning Aides

$33,559

from $58,040

After adjusting for AI risk, Transportation Planners offers $33,820 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Transportation

0

Unique to City

Combined Protection Strategy

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

Creativity
Decision Complexity
Regulatory Barriers
Social Intelligence
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