AI job risk in Life, Physical & Social Science

All 47 occupations in this field, ranked by measured AI applicability. The field's median occupation sits in the elevated exposure band. Every row links to a full task-level breakdown with a personalization quiz and action plan.

High: 13Elevated: 19Moderate: 10Low: 3Minimal: 2

47occupations measured in this field

0.462most exposed: Historians

0.032most resilient: Forest and Conservation Technicians

#	Occupation	Band	Score	Percentile (all 785)
1	Historians	High	0.462	100
2	Political Scientists	High	0.391	99
3	Geographers	High	0.352	97
4	Urban and Regional Planners	High	0.330	94
5	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	High	0.329	94
6	Economists	High	0.328	93
7	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	High	0.321	92
8	Sociologists	High	0.286	86
9	Astronomers	High	0.281	85
10	Animal Scientists	High	0.262	83
11	Food Scientists and Technologists	High	0.259	83
12	Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	High	0.257	82
13	Biochemists and Biophysicists	High	0.252	80
14	Materials Scientists	Elevated	0.246	79
15	Biological Scientists, All Other	Elevated	0.240	78
16	Chemists	Elevated	0.238	77
17	Physicists	Elevated	0.235	77
18	Hydrologic Technicians	Elevated	0.234	77
19	School Psychologists	Elevated	0.223	74
20	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	Elevated	0.212	72
21	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	Elevated	0.211	72
22	Social Science Research Assistants	Elevated	0.204	70
23	Anthropologists and Archeologists	Elevated	0.198	68
24	Psychologists, All Other	Elevated	0.194	67
25	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	Elevated	0.192	67
26	Soil and Plant Scientists	Elevated	0.182	65
27	Forensic Science Technicians	Elevated	0.181	64
28	Hydrologists	Elevated	0.181	64
29	Epidemiologists	Elevated	0.177	63
30	Microbiologists	Elevated	0.177	62
31	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	Elevated	0.174	61
32	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	Elevated	0.172	61
33	Physical Scientists, All Other	Moderate	0.170	60
34	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	Moderate	0.164	57
35	Conservation Scientists	Moderate	0.155	54
36	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	Moderate	0.154	53
37	Nuclear Technicians	Moderate	0.151	53
38	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	Moderate	0.146	52
39	Chemical Technicians	Moderate	0.140	48
40	Survey Researchers	Moderate	0.131	45
41	Agricultural Technicians	Moderate	0.127	44
42	Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	Moderate	0.127	44
43	Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	Low	0.099	33
44	Food Science Technicians	Low	0.093	32
45	Biological Technicians	Low	0.091	31
46	Foresters	Minimal	0.070	20
47	Forest and Conservation Technicians	Minimal	0.032	6

Score = AI applicability (Microsoft Research, CC BY 4.0). Percentile = rank among all 785 occupations. How to read these numbers honestly