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Engineering & Architecture · Updated Aug 2026

Landscape Architects

Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
71/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
60/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage88%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.High
62
Integrate existing land features or landscaping into designs.High
76
Prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development.High
74
Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.High
75
Prepare graphic representations or drawings of proposed plans or designs.High
74
Collaborate with architects or related professionals on whole building design to maximize the aesthetic features of structures or surrounding land and to improve energy efficiency.High
75
Create landscapes that minimize water consumption such as by incorporating drought-resistant grasses or indigenous plants.Medium
74
Collaborate with estimators to cost projects, create project plans, or coordinate bids from landscaping contractors.Medium
72
Develop planting plans to help clients garden productively or to achieve particular aesthetic effects.Medium
73
Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials or work, or advise clients or construction personnel.High
63
Research latest products, technology, or design trends to stay current in the field.Medium
75
Develop marketing materials, proposals, or presentations to generate new work opportunities.Medium
75
Prepare conceptual drawings, graphics, or other visual representations of land areas to show predicted growth or development of land areas over time.Medium
74
Inspect proposed sites to identify structural elements of land areas or other important site information, such as soil condition, existing landscaping, or the proximity of water management facilities.High
55
Identify and select appropriate sustainable materials for use in landscape designs, such as recycled wood or recycled concrete boards for structural elements or recycled tires for playground bedding.Medium
75
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Integrate existing land features or landscaping into designs.76
  2. Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.75
  3. Collaborate with architects or related professionals on whole building design to maximize the aesthetic features of structures or surrounding land and to improve energy efficiency.75
  4. Research latest products, technology, or design trends to stay current in the field.75
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Inspect proposed sites to identify structural elements of land areas or other important site information, such as soil condition, existing landscaping, or the proximity of water management facilities.01
  2. Integrate existing land features or landscaping into designs.02
  3. Prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development.03
  4. Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.04
  5. Prepare graphic representations or drawings of proposed plans or designs.05
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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency65
Physical dependency31
Adoption pressure51
Labour-market resilience55
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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