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Chemists
Also filed here: Chemist lab, Chemist research
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 6.4% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #387 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +6.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $91,240 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 84,900 in the US, with about 5,900 openings a year
The work, 10 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
AI helps with this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards20%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 787 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI helps with this: Analyze biological or chemical substances or related data16%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 660 conversations, and it got them there 76% of the time.
AI does this: Present research or technical information9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 30 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,196 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
Still yours: Test characteristics of materials or products9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Assist scientists, scholars, or technical specialists with projects or research8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 250 Copilot conversations and completed it 79% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare specimens or materials for testing8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct scientific or technical activities6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 106 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 5,900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 45% of the workMicrobiologists7% AI does, against 18% here+6.2% by 2035 · $87,990 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 51% of the workChemical Technicians6% AI does, against 18% here+4.9% by 2035 · $60,390 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 46% of the workFood Science Technicians0% AI does, against 18% here+4.8% by 2035 · $52,130 · Associate’s degree
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 0.24, higher than 77% 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, 19-2031 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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