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HVAC / Refrigeration Technology

🇺🇸 United States · Engineering
Last to lose demandAmong the safest 6% of 220 majors

My Major Lifespan

16 yrs 11 mo
00days 00:00:00:000

until AI starts shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates
Sep 24, 2043 · 6207 days left

Likely range 9 yrs 11 mo – 27 yrs 11 mo
Based on associate degree graduates
Class of 2030: 13 yrs 3 mo left after you graduate
AI sensor diagnostics and remote monitoring cut down on inspection rounds and fault diagnosis, but brazing rooftop units and repairing chillers are hands-on work. Data centers and heat pumps are driving up demand, and EPA 608-certified technicians are in short supply. Jobs running building systems will shrink sooner.

Major lifespan is the time left until AI is expected to start shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates. It doesn’t mean the major will disappear or that everyone will lose their job.

AI vs Humans: whose side are you on?

Entry-level hiringGrowing
Among majors208 / 220
Growth 24–34+11%

Where graduates go

2030

Career paths · time left at graduation in 2030

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