Electricians Ranked Among Most Future-Proof Jobs Amid Automation Boom

Last Updated: 2026-05-29T04:21:24.171-04:00

An April 2026 report from the construction scheduling platform Planera finds that electricians have a low automation risk of 14% and that the profession is expected to grow by over 80,000 new positions nationally through 2026. This is being driven by aging infrastructure, the need for EV charging networks, and the transition to new energy sources. The report highlights the irony that the AI data centers, which are driving automation fears, require electricians for their construction and maintenance, making the profession "as future-proof as a job can get."

Other key findings from the report include:

Emergency services have the lowest average automation risk at 11%, followed by social services at 12% and healthcare at 16%.
Agriculture has the highest automation risk at 89%, followed by production at 82%, utilities at 81%, and retail at 80%.
The jobs most likely to be automated first are patternmakers in metal and plastic (99% risk), underground mining machine operators (97%), and milling and planing machine operators (91%).
The least automatable jobs are emergency medical technicians (7% risk), firefighters (9%), healthcare social workers (12%), and police officers (13%).

A separate article from Built In notes that many companies are hiring electrical engineers to build and manage the power systems behind technologies like AI and electric vehicles. Some of the top companies hiring in this field include Tesla, Intel, Siemens, ABB, Apple, NVIDIA, RTX, Lockheed Martin, Schneider Electric, and TSMC.

In other news, Post Electric, a licensed electrical contractor in Southwest Missouri, has expanded its services to include home automation and smart technology integration. The company has seen increased demand for these services and has invested in new equipment and training to meet this demand.

Finally, students in the Chariho Electrical Technology class in Westerly, Rhode Island, recently took a field trip to ProSystems Integration, a local automation company, to learn about career opportunities in the industrial side of the electrical field. The students were given a tour of the facility and had the opportunity to speak with engineers about their work.

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