Science and engineering
Surveyor and cartographer
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5.9% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Cartographers and surveyors (ISCO 2165). Cartographers and surveyors determine the exact position of, or prepare and revise digital, graphic and pictorial maps, charts or other visual representation of, natural and constructed features and boundaries of land, seas, underground areas and celestial bodies, applying scientific and mathematical principles.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
52 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- cadastral land surveyor
- cadastral mapping technician
- cadastral surveyor
- cadastral technician
- cartographer
- cartographers
- cartographic analyst
- cartographic drafter
- cartographic draftsperson
- cartographic research analyst
- cartographic research scientist
- cartographic researcher
- cartographic science researcher
- cartographic scientist
- field hydrographer
- geographic information systems adviser
- geographic information systems consultant
- geographic information systems expert
- geographic information systems specialist
- geomatics surveyor
- geomatics technician
- GIS analyst
- GIS application specialist
- GIS data specialist
- GIS mapping assistant
- GIS mapping technician
- GIS specialist
- GIS technician
- hydrographer
- hydrographic analyst
- hydrographic research analyst
- hydrographic research scientist
- hydrographic researcher
- hydrographic science researcher
- hydrographic scientist
- hydrographic surveyor
- hydrography surveyor
- land agent
- land surveyor
- map maker
- mine operations surveyor
- mine plan maker
- mine planning surveyor
- mine records keeper
- mine surveyor
- mine surveyors
- mining surveyor
- planner of mining operations
- specialist in geographic information systems
- surveying engineer
- surveyor
- surveyors
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.