Can AI Replace Geodetic Surveyors in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 73% of today's geodetic surveyors tasks by 2036, and there is a 40% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

39%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

14% 2030 · 40% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2.3 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians21% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Verify the mathematical correctness of newly collected survey data".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Maintain databases of geodetic and related information, including coordinate, descriptive, or quality assurance data".Get visibly better at your human core: "Calculate the exact horizontal and vertical position of points on the Earth's surface".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians — 21% chance of contraction by 2036

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Based on 16 O*NET tasks for "Geodetic Surveyors" (SOC 17-1022.01). LLM alone: 19% of tasks; with AI tools: 88%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10