Architecture & Engineering

Robotics Software Engineers

SOC 17-2199

Write the software that lets robots perceive, plan, and act in the real world.

The job

Median pay

$123k

$91k to $158k typical range

BLS figure for Engineers, All Other

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+3.7% projected

BLS figure for Engineers, All Other

Openings a year

8.8k

BLS figure for Engineers, All Other

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

8/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

95th pct

More exposed than 95% of occupations · modeled estimate

Future-proof

53/100

At a glance

Modeled AI exposure for Robotics Software Engineers ranks at the 95th percentile; displacement risk is very high and works-with-AI 8/100, tilting toward AI replacing tasks. Getting in usually takes a bachelor's degree. This occupation has no wage or outlook of its own in the BLS tables; the figures above are borrowed or estimated, so the summary does not quote them. Modeled AI exposure for Process Safety Engineers is 56 points lower.

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Key skills

Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Active Listening
Speaking
Mathematics

Pay and jobs by state: Engineers, All Other

Figures for Engineers, All Other. BLS reports no numbers for Robotics Software Engineers on its own; these are BLS's figures for that occupation. BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	28,610	1.6	1.6×	$131k
Texas	10,820	0.8	0.8×	$116k
Florida	8,600	0.9	0.9×	$105k
Michigan	7,700	1.7	1.8×	$121k
Maryland	7,340	2.7	2.7×	$130k
Ohio	7,000	1.3	1.3×	$120k
Louisiana	6,310	3.3	3.3×	$99k
New York	5,760	0.6	0.6×	$118k
Virginia	5,060	1.2	1.2×	$148k
New Jersey	4,540	1.1	1.1×	$132k

All 50 states and DC

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Tennessee	4,400	1.3	1.4×	$97k
North Carolina	4,270	0.9	0.9×	$112k
Georgia	4,120	0.8	0.8×	$112k
Washington	3,580	1.0	1.0×	$135k
Washington DC	3,560	5.1	5.1×	$152k
Alabama	3,460	1.6	1.6×	$153k
Pennsylvania	3,250	0.5	0.5×	$109k
Massachusetts	2,850	0.8	0.8×	$131k
Colorado	2,540	0.9	0.9×	$133k
Illinois	2,520	0.4	0.4×	$112k
Connecticut	2,430	1.4	1.4×	$124k
New Mexico	2,190	2.5	2.5×	$162k
Oregon	2,030	1.0	1.0×	$123k
Missouri	1,850	0.6	0.6×	$103k
Utah	1,750	1.0	1.0×	$110k
Arizona	1,720	0.5	0.5×	$102k
Indiana	1,540	0.5	0.5×	$121k
Minnesota	1,290	0.4	0.4×	$109k
South Carolina	1,280	0.6	0.6×	$110k
Hawaii	1,100	1.8	1.8×	$123k
Iowa	1,100	0.7	0.7×	$103k
Nevada	870	0.6	0.6×	$104k
Oklahoma	860	0.5	0.5×	$120k
Arkansas	820	0.6	0.6×	$77k
Kansas	780	0.5	0.6×	$76k
Wisconsin	690	0.2	0.2×	$110k
West Virginia	660	0.9	0.9×	$119k
New Hampshire	610	0.9	0.9×	$128k
Maine	590	0.9	0.9×	$120k
Idaho	560	0.7	0.7×	$131k
Kentucky	500	0.2	0.3×	$100k
Mississippi	480	0.4	0.4×	$111k
Vermont	390	1.3	1.3×	$127k
Rhode Island	380	0.8	0.8×	$117k
Delaware	328 (estimated)	0.7 (estimated)	0.7× (estimated)	$104k
Nebraska	300	0.3	0.3×	$88k
Montana	240	0.5	0.5×	$97k
North Dakota	220	0.5	0.5×	$100k
Alaska	200	0.6	0.6×	$142k
South Dakota	110	0.2	0.2×	$112k
Wyoming	110	0.4	0.4×	$113k

Top metro areas

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV9,230 jobs · $151k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7,530 jobs · $125k median
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI5,800 jobs · $126k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,780 jobs · $135k median
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA4,970 jobs · $170k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA4,850 jobs · $160k median
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA3,570 jobs · $133k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,490 jobs · $130k median

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BLS does not publish this occupation on its own. Pay and outlook here are BLS's figures for Engineers, All Other (SOC 17-2199), the closest published occupation, so the real figures for this job could sit either side of them. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.