As of June 2026, Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers has an AI-exposure score of 62/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
More exposed than 73% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$106,220. About 400 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Architecture & Engineering roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines.
- Devise solutions to problems of land reclamation and water and air pollution, such as methods of storing excavated soil and returning exhausted mine sites to natural states.
- Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits.
- Select or develop mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics.
- Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel.
- Select or devise materials-handling methods and equipment to transport ore, waste materials, and mineral products efficiently and economically.
- Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores.
- Evaluate data to develop new mining products, equipment, or processes.
- Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness.
- Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts.
- Design, develop, and implement computer applications for use in mining operations such as mine design, modeling, or mapping or for monitoring mine conditions.
- Supervise, train, and evaluate technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel.
- Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.
- Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment.
- Conduct or direct mining experiments to test or prove research findings.
- Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels.
- Implement and coordinate mine safety programs, including the design and maintenance of protective and rescue equipment and safety devices.
- Design mining and mineral treatment equipment and machinery in collaboration with other engineering specialists.
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