Life, Physical, and Social Science: will AI take these jobs?
Estimated AI replacement risk, out of 100, for 60 jobs in this U.S. occupational field. Each is an estimate from published task research: within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked. No person reviewed them. How we estimate
Estimated from research, highest first
- Social Science Research Assistantsestimate ±1976High
- Bioinformatics Scientistsestimate ±1973High
- Survey Researchersestimate ±1973High
- Remote Sensing Techniciansestimate ±1972High
- Climate Change Policy Analystsestimate ±1967High
- Atmospheric and Space Scientistsestimate ±1965High
- Precision Agriculture Techniciansestimate ±1965High
- Geographersestimate ±1962Moderate
- Physicistsestimate ±1962Moderate
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologistsestimate ±1962Moderate
- Transportation Plannersestimate ±1960Moderate
- Environmental Economistsestimate ±1959Moderate
- Urban and Regional Plannersestimate ±1958Moderate
- Economistsestimate ±1957Moderate
- Industrial-Organizational Psychologistsestimate ±1957Moderate
- Political Scientistsestimate ±1957Moderate
- Industrial Ecologistsestimate ±1956Moderate
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Healthestimate ±1955Moderate
- Geneticistsestimate ±1955Moderate
- Historiansestimate ±1955Moderate
- Hydrologic Techniciansestimate ±1955Moderate
- Quality Control Analystsestimate ±1955Moderate
- Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Techniciansestimate ±1952Moderate
- Astronomersestimate ±1951Moderate
- Epidemiologistsestimate ±1950Moderate
- Hydrologistsestimate ±1950Moderate
- Conservation Scientistsestimate ±1949Moderate
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographersestimate ±1949Moderate
- Sociologistsestimate ±1949Moderate
- School Psychologistsestimate ±1948Moderate
- Chemical Techniciansestimate ±1946Moderate
- Park Naturalistsestimate ±1946Moderate
- Biological Techniciansestimate ±1945Moderate
- Environmental Restoration Plannersestimate ±1945Moderate
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Healthestimate ±1945Moderate
- Biologistsestimate ±1944Lower
- Occupational Health and Safety Techniciansestimate ±1944Lower
- Molecular and Cellular Biologistsestimate ±1943Lower
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologistsestimate ±1942Lower
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialistsestimate ±1942Lower
- Materials Scientistsestimate ±1941Lower
- Animal Scientistsestimate ±19, low confidence40Lower
- Food Science Techniciansestimate ±1940Lower
- Food Scientists and Technologistsestimate ±1940Lower
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologistsestimate ±1940Lower
- Anthropologists and Archeologistsestimate ±1939Lower
- Neuropsychologistsestimate ±1939Lower
- Biochemists and Biophysicistsestimate ±1938Lower
- Clinical Neuropsychologistsestimate ±1938Lower
- Forest and Conservation Techniciansestimate ±1938Lower
- Nuclear Monitoring Techniciansestimate ±1938Lower
- Agricultural Techniciansestimate ±1936Lower
- Soil and Plant Scientistsestimate ±1936Lower
- Zoologists and Wildlife Biologistsestimate ±1936Lower
- Chemistsestimate ±1935Lower
- Forensic Science Techniciansestimate ±1935Lower
- Forestersestimate ±1932Lower
- Nuclear Techniciansestimate ±1932Lower
- Range Managersestimate ±1932Lower
- Microbiologistsestimate ±1928Lower
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