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Forest and Conservation Technicians
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.1% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #425 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -2.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $54,560 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 32,800 in the US, with about 3,800 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: Manage agricultural or forestry operations17%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform agricultural activities13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assess characteristics of land or property11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Create visual designs or displays8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 78 conversations, and it got them there 40% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on environmental sustainability or green practices8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,887 Copilot conversations and completed it 97% of the time.
Still yours: Train others on operational or work procedures7%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
Still yours: Supervise personnel activities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on workplace health or safety issues7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,805 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
Still yours: Design databases5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor environmental conditions3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect environmental or biological samples3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permits2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,066 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 98 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 3,800 openings a year as people retire or move on.
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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 0.03, higher than 6% 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, 19-4071 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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