Engineering technicians
Air traffic controller
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +2.8% (BLS).
The job
Air traffic controllers (ISCO 3154). Air traffic controllers direct aircraft movements in airspace and on the ground, using radio, radar and lighting systems, and provide information relevant to the operation of aircraft.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
47 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- aerodrome operations coordinator
- aerodrome operations officer
- aerodrome operations supervisor
- aeronautical data service officer
- aeronautical data specialist
- aeronautical information manager
- aeronautical information officer
- aeronautical information service officer
- aeronautical information specialist
- air controller
- air operations officer
- air operations supervisor
- air traffic control officer
- air traffic control specialists
- air traffic controller
- air traffic controller instructor
- aircraft accident investigator
- aircraft inspection officer
- aircraft maintenance inspector
- aircraft quality inspector
- airport director
- airport operations chief
- airport operations coordinator
- airport operations manager
- airport operations officer
- airport operations supervisor
- aviation dispatch officer
- aviation inspection officer
- aviation inspector
- aviation maintenance inspector
- chief of airport operations
- controller of air traffic
- director of airport operations
- director of flight operations
- flight controller
- flight inspector
- flight operations officer
- flight operations supervisor
- ground operations officer
- head of airport operations
- inspection officer
- lead inspection officer
- manager of flight operations
- officer in aeronautical information
- operations officer
- specialist in aeronautical information
- transportation inspector
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.