Jobs / Architecture and engineering / 17-3029.00
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
All engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, not listed separately.
- US jobs
- 59,930
- Median wage
- $78,350 a year
- Job family
- Architecture and engineering
Can agents do the work of engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Architecture and engineering: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: HWE-Bench, 79.9% of tasks completed.
Direct evidence that disagrees: Parametric CAD Bench V3, 7% of tasks fully completed (Perfect tasks).
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 12%Document technical designs, procedures, or activitiesNot measured
- 11%Analyze performance of systems or equipmentNot measured
- 11%Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipmentNot measured
- 9%Assemble equipment or componentsNot measured
- 5%Test characteristics of materials or productsNot measured
- 5%Test performance of equipment or systemsNot measured
- 3%Inspect completed work or finished productsNot measured
- 3%Develop models of systems, processes, or productsNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in architecture and engineering, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
- 56.9%GPT-6 Astra (max) with Codex 0.154.0 · 21 Sep 2026Emerging
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 58.2%Codex + GPT-6 Astra (max) · 3 Sep 2026Emerging
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
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