Electronics engineering technicians
AI can help with a few sub-tasks (emails, paperwork), but the core of the job doesn't change.
Exposure is not job loss: it shows how much of the work generative AI could do today. Whether that turns into transformation, productivity gains or cuts depends on employers, regulation — and on you.
0 = today’s generative AI cannot perform any of the job’s tasks, 100 = it could do all of them fully. The pale band is the spread across tasks.
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The AI analysis for this occupation is still being prepared — the background process covers a few occupations every day.
Task by task
The ILO scored every task of the occupation separately, as the average of two AI models (GPT-4o and Gemini). The pale band is the range between the two models' scores, the dot the ILO's final score (for a few tasks expert review placed it outside the band).
- Designing and preparing blueprints of electronic circuitry according to the specifications given57
- Preparing detailed estimates of quantities and costs of materials and labour required for the manufacture and installation of electronic equipment, according to the specifications given46
- Monitoring technical aspects of the manufacture, utilization, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment to ensure satisfactory performance and ensure compliance with specifications and regulations35
- Assisting in the design, development, installation, operation and maintenance of electronic systems35
- Providing technical assistance in research and development of electronic equipment, or testing prototypes34
- Conducting tests of electronic systems, collecting and analysing data, and assembling circuitry in support of electronics engineers.33
- Planning installation methods, checking completed installation for safety and controls or undertaking the initial running of the new electronic equipment or system25
How much does it affect you?
Every job is different: mark which of these tasks you do and how much, and we'll compute your own, time-weighted score.
For each task: I don't do it · sometimes · most of my job.
- Designing and preparing blueprints of electronic circuitry according to the specifications given(57)
- Preparing detailed estimates of quantities and costs of materials and labour required for the manufacture and installation of electronic equipment, according to the specifications given(46)
- Monitoring technical aspects of the manufacture, utilization, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment to ensure satisfactory performance and ensure compliance with specifications and regulations(35)
- Assisting in the design, development, installation, operation and maintenance of electronic systems(35)
- Providing technical assistance in research and development of electronic equipment, or testing prototypes(34)
- Conducting tests of electronic systems, collecting and analysing data, and assembling circuitry in support of electronics engineers.(33)
- Planning installation methods, checking completed installation for safety and controls or undertaking the initial running of the new electronic equipment or system(25)
You are exactly at the occupation average. (The occupation's score: 38.)
About 14% of your working time goes to highly exposed tasks (score ≥ 50).
- • Designing and preparing blueprints of electronic circuitry according to the specifications given
- • Preparing detailed estimates of quantities and costs of materials and labour required for the manufacture and installation of electronic equipment, according to the specifications given
- • Planning installation methods, checking completed installation for safety and controls or undertaking the initial running of the new electronic equipment or system
- • Conducting tests of electronic systems, collecting and analysing data, and assembling circuitry in support of electronics engineers.
An estimate from the ILO task scores. Everything is computed in your browser — nothing is sent or stored.
How many people work in this occupational group?
Share of the Science and engineering associate professionals group in total employment, by country (Eurostat, ISCO 2-digit — 4-digit breakdowns are not public by country).
Table view
| Country | Science and engineering associate professionals |
|---|---|
| Slovakia | 5.4% · 140 thousand · 2025 |
| Austria | 4.9% · 222 thousand · 2025 |
| Norway | 4.8% · 141 thousand · 2025 |
| Sweden | 4.8% · 254 thousand · 2025 |
| Czechia | 4.7% · 247 thousand · 2025 |
| Denmark | 4.7% · 143 thousand · 2025 |
| Croatia | 4.5% · 77 thousand · 2025 |
| Switzerland | 4.4% · 214 thousand · 2025 |
| Germany | 4.1% · 1,722 thousand · 2025 |
| Italy | 3.8% · 902 thousand · 2025 |
| Poland | 3.7% · 635 thousand · 2025 |
| Finland | 3.7% · 95 thousand · 2025 |
| Slovenia | 3.6% · 36 thousand · 2025 |
| Belgium | 3.5% · 180 thousand · 2025 |
| Malta | 3.5% · 12 thousand · 2025 |
| France | 3.3% · 965 thousand · 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 3.2% · 92 thousand · 2025 |
| Hungary | 3.1% · 146 thousand · 2025 |
| Estonia | 3.0% · 21 thousand · 2025 |
| Latvia | 2.9% · 26 thousand · 2025 |
| Netherlands | 2.8% · 273 thousand · 2025 |
| Portugal | 2.4% · 127 thousand · 2025 |
| Iceland | 2.3% · 5 thousand · 2025 |
| Spain | 2.3% · 517 thousand · 2025 |
| Lithuania | 2.1% · 31 thousand · 2025 |
| Cyprus | 1.9% · 10 thousand · 2025 |
| United Kingdom | 1.9% · 642 thousand · 2025 |
| Ireland | 1.7% · 47 thousand · 2025 |
| Romania | 1.4% · 106 thousand · 2025 |
| Greece | 1.2% · 54 thousand · 2025 |
What do they earn?
Mean gross monthly earnings in the major occupational group (Technicians and associate professionals). Eurostat's earnings survey only publishes pay by occupation at 1 digit, so this is the job's broader group. Enterprises with 10+ employees, 2022.
By country, at purchasing power parity (PPS/month), so countries with different price levels can be compared.
- Switzerland5,280
- Luxembourg4,320
- Norway4,307
- Denmark4,301
- Ireland4,024
- Belgium3,903
- Iceland3,856
- Germany3,608
- Austria3,399
- Netherlands3,247
- EU273,226
- Italy3,127
- Sweden3,089
- Finland2,971
- France2,687
- Spain2,685
- Slovenia2,660
- Cyprus2,537
- Lithuania2,472
- Malta2,464
- Romania2,310
- Poland2,294
- Czechia2,275
- Estonia2,251
- Croatia2,127
- Latvia2,081
- Hungary2,054
- Greece2,050
- Portugal2,044
- Slovakia2,027
- Bulgaria1,738
Source: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey (earn_ses22_21), every four years. The United Kingdom is not covered by the survey.
Outlook to 2035
Employment in the Science and engineering associate professionals group according to Cedefop's 2026 forecast.
thousand · Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026 · 2026–2035: projection
Replacement demand is the jobs left by people retiring or changing careers — even a shrinking occupation can have many openings.
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Sources: ILO WP140 (2025) · Eurostat lfsa_egai2d · Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026 · WEF Future of Jobs 2025 · ESCO. The exposure score measures how much of an occupation's tasks generative AI could perform — not whether the job disappears. For information only, not career advice. How do we calculate this?