The Replaceability Index

Life, Physical & Social Sciences: AI Replaceability Across 35 Occupations

Compare AI task exposure across occupations, alongside pay and projected growth. 35 occupations in this view. The score is a relative index of task exposure from 0 to 100. It is not a percentage chance of losing a job or a forecast of layoffs. Individual tasks, employer choices, adoption, and regulation all matter.

Occupation data. Exposure is an index out of 100, not a probability.
OccupationExposure /100Median annual wageStored growth projectionEmployment
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists4$96,100+11%94,900
School Psychologists4$87,660+6%63,400
Medical Scientists12$100,890+10%152,200
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists12$68,880+3%17,800
Biochemists and Biophysicists14$104,110+7%34,900
Conservation Scientists14$65,740+5%24,800
Foresters14$67,050+3%12,600
Astronomers14$130,940+5%2,600
Physicists14$155,680+5%19,800
Biological Scientists, All Other16$87,660+5%34,300
Animal Scientists18$73,070+5%3,200
Microbiologists18$85,000+5%21,600
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists18$147,420+6%1,400
Anthropologists and Archeologists18$63,800+4%8,400
Soil and Plant Scientists22$70,150+7%18,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists22$78,980+6%82,400
Materials Scientists22$105,550+6%7,500
Geoscientists22$93,580+5%28,900
Hydrologists22$91,340+5%7,100
Political Scientists22$132,050+6%5,400
Chemists28$84,680+6%82,100
Food Scientists and Technologists28$79,860+8%17,700
Atmospheric and Space Scientists28$101,790+4%10,900
Sociologists28$97,590+4%3,100
Urban and Regional Planners28$81,800+7%40,100
Nuclear Technicians28$99,340+0%6,600
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians32$50,210+6%37,400
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians32$55,950+5%22,700
Economists38$115,730+6%20,600
Agricultural Technicians38$42,260+5%22,800
Biological Technicians42$52,180+5%97,500
Chemical Technicians48$56,200+3%62,500
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians52$50,200+5%193,200
Survey Researchers52$60,390+2%11,400
Social Science Research Assistants52$53,200+5%31,700

Sources and methodology

The score is a relative index of task exposure from 0 to 100. It is not a percentage chance of losing a job or a forecast of layoffs. Individual tasks, employer choices, adoption, and regulation all matter.

The Index uses stored BLS-based occupation data. O*NET, OECD capability indicators, and task-exposure research are contextual references. The derivation of the stored occupation scores is not reproducibly documented in the published dataset.

The source snapshot does not record the wage-survey year or employment-projection window. Check the original BLS release before treating these figures as current. Editorial changes and export dates do not establish data freshness.

Read the methodology and limitations