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Animal Scientists
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AI already performs a large share of the work in this job. Even so, the BLS expects 5.8% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #121 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $68,940 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 3,400 in the US, with about 200 openings a year
The work, 6 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: Research agricultural processes or practices50%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Present research or technical information15%
AI performed this in about 1 in 30 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards14%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,089 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters14%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Research biological or ecological phenomena4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 283 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Care for plants or animals3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 845 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
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 200 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 43% of the workSoil and Plant Scientists18% AI does, against 43% here+6.7% by 2035 · $78,850 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 26% of the workIndustrial-Organizational Psychologists34% AI does, against 43% here+6.5% by 2035 · $193,950 · Master’s degree
- Shares 24% of the workChemists18% AI does, against 43% here+6.4% by 2035 · $91,240 · Bachelor’s degree
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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 0.26, higher than 83% 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, 19-1011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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