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Biological Technicians
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 7.4% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- Joint #685 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +7.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $57,510 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 74,400 in the US, with about 9,400 openings a year
The work, 11 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Maintain operational records18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Research biological or ecological phenomena14%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 283 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Collect environmental or biological samples11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Analyze data to improve operations10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Set up equipment8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 511 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Clean workpieces, finished products, or other objects8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare specimens or materials for testing7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
AI helps with this: Analyze biological or chemical substances or related data3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 660 conversations, and it got them there 76% of the time.
AI helps with this: Care for plants or animals3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 845 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 107 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 9,400 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
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The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Planet front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.09, higher than 31% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 19-4021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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