Drafters, all other

All drafters not listed separately.

AI Resistance Index 12 of 99

Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 12% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by -7.3% by 2035, expected to shrink. The work leans on creative vision.

AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.

Median pay (2025): $63,520
Job growth to 2035: -7.3%
Openings a year: 1,000
People doing it (2025): 15,200
Usual route in: Associate's degree

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What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects

Fewer of these jobs, as advanced CAD software allows design professionals to perform tasks more efficiently.

Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

Materials engineersGrows with AI, Index 61, +7.5%
Engineers, all otherGrows with AI, Index 24, +3.7%
Mechanical engineersGrows with AI, Index 38, +11.2%
Agricultural engineersGrows with AI, Index 66, +6.9%

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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.