Web Developers
Overall Exposure
2025 vs 2023
Theoretical Exposure
93What AI could do
Observed Exposure
62What AI actually does
Automation Risk Score
58Displacement risk
3-Year Outlook (2025 → 2028)
Projected changes in AI automation metrics over the next 3 years based on estimated data.
Overall Exposure
2025 → 2028 (estimated)
Theoretical Exposure
2025 → 2028 (estimated)
Observed Exposure
2025 → 2028 (estimated)
Automation Risk
2025 → 2028 (estimated)
Exposure Metrics (2023 - 2028)
Task Breakdown
About This Occupation
If you work as a Web Developers, AI is reshaping your profession. With an automation risk of 58/100 and overall exposure at 72%, this role faces high transformation. The highest-impact area is build web pages at 75% automation. This is classified as an 'augment' role. BLS projects +8% growth through 2034. Professionals who embrace AI tools will see their capabilities significantly amplified.
ISCO-08 classification
Web and Multimedia Developers
Indirect mapping — this occupation is linked to the ISCO unit group by a rule-based fallback.
Definition
ILO original text (English)
Web and multimedia development professionals combine design and technical knowledge to research, analyse, evaluate, design, programme and modify websites and applications that draw together text, graphics, animations, imaging, audio and video displays and other interactive media.
Definition & vocabulary source
Source: International Labour Organization (ILO) — ISCO-08 Structure
License: ILO CC BY 4.0
Official occupational information
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Web Developers
Develop and implement websites, web applications, application databases, and interactive web interfaces. Evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices. Optimize website performance, scalability, and server-side code and processes. May develop website infrastructure and integrate websites with other computer applications.
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Web and Digital Interface Designers
Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.
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Frequently Asked Questions
With an automation risk score of 58%, Web Developers faces a moderate level of AI-driven change. Some tasks can be automated, but many require human judgment, creativity, or interpersonal skills that AI cannot yet replicate. The role is more likely to evolve alongside AI than be replaced.
Our estimated AI automation risk score for Web Developers is 58% for 2025. Estimated overall AI exposure is 72%, with 93% theoretical exposure and 62% observed exposure. The estimated risk trend from 2023 to 2025 is +13 points. All of these are model-generated estimates, not measurements.
The tasks with the highest automation potential for Web Developers are: Build web pages (75%), Design UI/UX (55%). These rates are our own estimates of how much of each task current AI systems can handle. They are not measurements and are not taken from any external dataset.
We estimate a +8% employment change for Web Developers between 2024 and 2034. This is our own estimate, not a figure published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Combined with an estimated overall AI exposure of 72%, this occupation faces both traditional labor market shifts and AI-driven transformation. Workers should monitor both employment trends and AI capability growth.
Since AI primarily augments capabilities in this role, professionals in Web Developers should embrace AI as a productivity multiplier. Focus on learning to use AI tools effectively, developing higher-order analytical and creative skills, and positioning yourself as someone who can leverage AI to deliver greater value.
Recent AI Impact Changes
Mar 2026: Brookings freelance market study shows web developers less impacted than writers and designers by generative AI, likely due to iterative debugging and integration complexity in software projects.
[Source: Brookings Institution (Hui & Reshef, 2025)]Mar 2026: Web developers, part of SOC group 15, saw significant employment deterioration starting early 2022 — before ChatGPT. New graduate entry rates into AI-exposed occupations began declining in 2021, suggesting structural factors beyond generative AI.
[Source: Frank et al. (2026) arXiv:2601.02554]Mar 2026: Firm-level data reveals companies redirecting budgets from human contractors to AI tools, with outsourced development work in the direct impact zone.
[Source: Stevens (2026) arXiv]