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Foresters
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.2% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #423 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $76,400 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 13,200 in the US, with about 900 openings a year
The work, 14 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: Develop plans for managing or preserving natural resources23%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage agricultural or forestry operations14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor environmental conditions11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assess compliance with environmental standards or regulations9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Investigate the environmental impact of industrial or development activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine operational methods or procedures5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 461 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Develop research plans or methodologies5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct scientific or technical activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,089 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on environmental sustainability or green practices4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,887 Copilot conversations and completed it 97% of the time.
Still yours: Perform agricultural activities3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Research biological or ecological phenomena3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 283 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Research agricultural processes or practices3%
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 102 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 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.
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On the wire.
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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 0.07, higher than 20% 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, 19-1032 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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