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Forest and Conservation Workers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 1.5% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #464 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -1.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $43,680 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 14,700 in the US, with about 2,200 openings a year
The work, 14 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: Protect people or property from threats such as fires or flooding23%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut trees or other vegetation14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate agricultural or forestry equipment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on business or operational matters5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 290 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate production inputs or outputs4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Perform agricultural activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Determine operational methods or procedures3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 221 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Build structures3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Sort materials or products1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 99 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 2,200 openings a year as people 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 34% of the workLandscaping and Groundskeeping Workers2% AI does, against 12% here+4.7% by 2035 · $39,150 · No formal credential
- Shares 30% of the workAgricultural Equipment Operators0% AI does, against 12% here+8.6% by 2035 · $41,730 · No formal credential
- Shares 29% of the workFirefighters6% AI does, against 12% here+3.7% by 2035 · $59,280 · Postsecondary certificate
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Planet front:
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 0.07, higher than 22% 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, 45-4011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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