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Trade Careers Most Exposed to AI in 2026

78 programs ranked · Updated 2026

Trade programs whose career paths face the most disruption from AI tools and automation.

Programs Ranked

Avg Earnings

$37,847/yr

Avg TSW Score

54/100

#1 Program

Computer Networking

Herzing University-Birmingham

Trade Careers Most Exposed to AI

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	Program	TSW Score	Earnings	AI Exposure	ROI
1	Computer Networking Herzing University-Birmingham · Birmingham, AL	60 50–62	$43,901/yr	17.9x	68%
2	Computer Networking Charter College · Anchorage, AK	59 50–61	$47,463/yr	11.7x	68%
3	Computer Networking Pima Community College · Tucson, AZ	73 61–76	$35,786/yr	115.3x	68%
4	Computer Networking Associated Technical College-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	46 37–48	$13,653/yr	—	68%
5	Computer Networking Front Range Community College · Westminster, CO	80 71–82	$52,583/yr	109.9x	68%
6	Information Science Clayton State University · Morrow, GA	65 57–67	$43,702/yr	42.1x	68%
7	Information Science Ivy Tech Community College · Indianapolis, IN	75 66–77	$46,815/yr	94.3x	68%
8	Information Science Ivy Tech Community College · Indianapolis, IN	71 63–73	$54,649/yr	49.9x	68%
9	Information Science ITI Technical College · Baton Rouge, LA	56 46–58	$39,046/yr	20.1x	68%
10	Information Science University of Maryland-Baltimore County · Baltimore, MD	75 62–78	$60,020/yr	77.4x	68%
11	Linguistics American University · Washington, DC	48 42–51	$52,493/yr	8.3x	56%
12	Linguistics Durham Technical Community College · Durham, NC	56 50–59	$26,246/yr	131.2x	56%
13	Linguistics University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC	42 37–45	$25,630/yr	34.5x	56%
14	Linguistics University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA	46 39–50	$36,557/yr	27.8x	56%
15	Software Development Academy of Art University · San Francisco, CA	49 40–52	$30,273/yr	4.4x	70%
16	Software Development St Petersburg College · St. Petersburg, FL	63 53–66	$27,889/yr	67.8x	70%
17	Software Development Santa Fe College · Gainesville, FL	56 49–59	$24,448/yr	46.7x	70%
18	Software Development Valencia College · Orlando, FL	69 58–72	$32,099/yr	84.6x	70%
19	Software Development Quinsigamond Community College · Worcester, MA	49 38–52	$21,803/yr	29.5x	70%
20	Romance Languages Boise State University · Boise, ID	51 46–54	$36,637/yr	40.7x	58%
21	Romance Languages Temple University · Philadelphia, PA	41 33–45	$31,624/yr	24.7x	58%
22	Romance Languages Austin Community College District · Austin, TX	54 45–58	$30,111/yr	89.0x	58%
23	Romance Languages Walla Walla University · College Place, WA	49 43–52	$52,532/yr	14.9x	58%
24	Computer Science Full Sail University · Winter Park, FL	44 34–46	$19,693/yr	2.7x	72%
25	Computer Science Bunker Hill Community College · Boston, MA	58 50–60	$30,332/yr	26.5x	72%
26	Computer Science Missouri State University-Springfield · Springfield, MO	81 72–83	$63,175/yr	69.0x	72%
27	Computer Science CUNY LaGuardia Community College · Long Island City, NY	56 44–59	$24,888/yr	59.0x	72%
28	Computer Science Weber State University · Ogden, UT	83 73–86	$79,044/yr	74.9x	72%
29	Rhetoric & Writing Full Sail University · Winter Park, FL	32 26–36	$28,090/yr	4.3x	62%
30	Rhetoric & Writing Boise State University · Boise, ID	43 39–46	$31,148/yr	34.5x	62%
31	Rhetoric & Writing University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA	43 35–48	$29,647/yr	41.0x	62%
32	Rhetoric & Writing University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA	49 41–53	$43,896/yr	33.0x	62%
33	Rhetoric & Writing Temple University · Philadelphia, PA	33 25–37	$24,951/yr	23.8x	62%
34	Computer Engineering Rasmussen University-Florida · Ocala, FL	59 48–62	$48,263/yr	22.9x	71%
35	Computer Engineering Boise State University · Boise, ID	78 70–81	$77,403/yr	87.1x	71%
36	Computer Engineering Rasmussen University-Minnesota · St. Cloud, MN	62 50–65	$48,263/yr	32.1x	71%
37	Computer Engineering Rasmussen University-North Dakota · Fargo, ND	60 49–63	$48,263/yr	27.4x	71%
38	Computer Engineering Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · Lancaster, PA	60 52–62	$48,257/yr	25.7x	71%
39	Mathematics Walla Walla University · College Place, WA	56 49–59	$67,328/yr	19.4x	65%
40	Mathematics Lemoore College · Lemoore, CA	45 39–48	$16,986/yr	60.4x	65%
41	Accounting Herzing University-Birmingham · Birmingham, AL	57 51–59	$31,620/yr	22.5x	62%
42	Accounting Alaska Career College · Anchorage, AK	65 58–68	$42,749/yr	—	62%
43	Accounting Pima Community College · Tucson, AZ	73 67–76	$37,358/yr	67.4x	62%
44	Accounting Cabrillo College · Aptos, CA	87 80–90	$57,294/yr	365.5x	62%
45	Accounting CET-San Jose · San Jose, CA	49 42–51	$14,972/yr	—	62%
46	English Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ	44 36–48	$31,087/yr	37.5x	61%
47	English Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee · Chamblee, GA	36 31–39	$25,434/yr	24.1x	61%
48	English CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College · New York, NY	35 30–38	$24,207/yr	22.8x	61%
49	English Davidson College · Davidson, NC	38 32–42	$34,707/yr	8.6x	61%
50	English San Jacinto Community College · Pasadena, TX	44 35–48	$19,125/yr	75.7x	61%
51	Statistics Chapman University · Orange, CA	47 40–49	$57,048/yr	8.1x	64%
52	Statistics Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL	66 55–68	$45,979/yr	170.6x	64%
53	Business Operations Support Gadsden State Community College · Gadsden, AL	52 46–56	$22,360/yr	32.9x	67%
54	Business Operations Support George C Wallace Community College-Dothan · Dothan, AL	53 49–57	$26,151/yr	28.4x	67%
55	Business Operations Support Jefferson State Community College · Birmingham, AL	54 48–58	$25,648/yr	33.0x	67%
56	Business Operations Support Lurleen B Wallace Community College · Andalusia, AL	48 43–51	$20,252/yr	19.3x	67%
57	Business Operations Support Bevill State Community College · Jasper, AL	53 48–56	$25,182/yr	29.6x	67%
58	Computer Programming Hillsborough Community College · Tampa, FL	68 60–72	$42,710/yr	84.2x	78%
59	Computer Programming Santa Fe College · Gainesville, FL	65 57–69	$39,098/yr	75.3x	78%
60	Computer Programming Valencia College · Orlando, FL	67 55–71	$36,601/yr	135.4x	78%
61	Computer Programming Gwinnett Technical College · Lawrenceville, GA	63 51–68	$35,284/yr	115.3x	78%
62	Computer Programming Indian Hills Community College · Ottumwa, IA	71 62–75	$63,559/yr	72.4x	78%
63	Communication & Media Studies Boise State University · Boise, ID	55 46–60	$40,060/yr	68.2x	65%
64	Communication & Media Studies Harrisburg Area Community College · Harrisburg, PA	46 41–50	$41,282/yr	27.0x	65%
65	Management Information Systems Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ	59 47–63	$48,029/yr	59.2x	73%
66	Management Information Systems Connecticut State Community College · Hartford, CT	58 48–62	$45,723/yr	58.6x	73%
67	Management Information Systems Rasmussen University-Florida · Ocala, FL	47 38–50	$46,337/yr	16.6x	73%
68	Management Information Systems Allegany College of Maryland · Cumberland, MD	46 35–50	$29,828/yr	46.1x	73%
69	Management Information Systems Prince George's Community College · Largo, MD	61 53–64	$50,948/yr	64.1x	73%
70	Literature University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg · Greensburg, PA	40 31–45	$30,253/yr	34.4x	69%
71	Literature University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA	38 29–42	$30,253/yr	23.1x	69%
72	Ethnic & Cultural Studies Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL	36 31–40	$22,286/yr	44.7x	69%
73	Ethnic & Cultural Studies University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA	45 35–50	$34,216/yr	50.1x	69%
74	Ethnic & Cultural Studies University of Missouri-Columbia · Columbia, MO	41 36–45	$37,389/yr	25.5x	69%
75	Ethnic & Cultural Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI	38 33–42	$30,504/yr	29.4x	69%
76	Ethnic & Cultural Studies College of the Muscogee Nation · Okmulgee, OK	25 18–29	$17,525/yr	12.3x	69%
77	Data Entry & Applications College of DuPage · Glen Ellyn, IL	36 36–40	$45,016/yr	51.1x	82%
78	Data Entry & Applications Bellevue College · Bellevue, WA	45 45–49	$48,416/yr	111.5x	82%

Methodology

Programs are ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100), combining graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI. Earnings data is from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.