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Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Across the 32 of this group's 36 occupations with published Colorado employment, 71,960 Coloradans work in architecture and engineering occupations (4 more occupations have no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 44.9 of 100, and 58.7% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
Civil Engineers; Mechanical Engineers; Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — the largest of this group's 36 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 71,960 across 32 of 36 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 44.9 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 58.7% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $57,890–$172,190 range across the 34 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 36 occupations — and its 71,960 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| substantial overlap | 15 | 42,230 | 58.7% |
| some overlap | 17 | 26,980 | 37.5% |
| little overlap | 4 | 2,750 | 3.8% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Engineers | substantial overlap | 45.5 | 13,290 | $101,420 |
| Mechanical Engineers | substantial overlap | 50.1 | 7,190 | $124,430 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | some overlap | 44.8 | 6,080 | $127,010 |
| Industrial Engineers | substantial overlap | 52.0 | 5,200 | $109,750 |
| Electrical Engineers | some overlap | 40.6 | 4,200 | $120,760 |
| Aerospace Engineers | substantial overlap | 51.8 | 4,070 | $156,190 |
| Architectural and Civil Drafters | substantial overlap | 52.0 | 3,570 | $76,370 |
| Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | some overlap | 43.0 | 3,290 | $102,400 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | some overlap | 31.8 | 2,660 | $156,080 |
| Engineers, All Other | some overlap | 44.6 | 2,540 | $132,590 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder | 3.3% | 6,302 | Full |
| Jefferson | 2.9% | 7,233 | Full |
| Broomfield | 2.5% | 1,030 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Lake | 2.4% | 72 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| El Paso | 2.3% | 7,033 | Full |
| Arapahoe | 2.2% | 7,572 | Full |