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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 4.8% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #347 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -4.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $69,460 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 9,800 in the US, with about 600 openings a year
The work, 13 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 research plans or methodologies19%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect information about patients or clients14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Research biological or ecological phenomena8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 283 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Present research or technical information7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 30 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 502 conversations, and it got them there 54% of the time.
Still yours: Direct scientific or technical activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Research historical or social issues6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 360 Copilot conversations and completed it 88% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare proposals or grant applications4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Assist scientists, scholars, or technical specialists with projects or research4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 250 Copilot conversations and completed it 79% of the time.
AI does this: Train others on operational or work procedures3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 348 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 95 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 600 openings a year as people retire or move on.
BLS on AIMobile technologies and automated survey techniques raise productivity. Source ↗
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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 0.13, higher than 45% 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, 19-3022 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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