Free Report — Q1 2026

Industrial Automation Skills Trends

Salary benchmarks, rising and declining skills, and hiring demand signals across North America — backed by data from 12 industry sources.

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$402B
Projected market by 2032
44,000
Active US job openings
62%
Workforce aged 50+
30–60%
AI skills pay premium
Preview of the Industrial Automation Skills Trends report
What's Inside
4 pages. No fluff. All data.
  • Salary benchmarks across 8 automation roles — from controls engineer to AI/ML
  • 8 rising skills ranked by wage premium and time-to-fill
  • Skill-to-wage correlation table with demand and security signals
  • IFR robotics installation data for North America
  • Workforce demographics — the retirement wave shaping hiring demand
  • Sources from Control Engineering, IFR, PwC, Kelly Services, BLS, and more
Skills Snapshot
What's rising. What's plateauing.

Demand Accelerating

AI / Machine Learning Python Digital Twins Cybersecurity Cobots IIoT / Edge Cloud Analytics Systems Integration

Declining as Standalone

Legacy PLC-Only Single-Vendor Lock-in Standalone HMI Relay Logic Basic Panel Build
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