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Historians
Also filed here: Historian
Being rewritten
AI already performs most of the work in this job. Even so, the BLS expects 3% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #3 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $76,750 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 3,800 in the US, with about 300 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
AI does this: Research historical or social issues40%
AI performed this in about 1 in 360 Copilot conversations and completed it 88% of the time.
AI does this: Present research or technical information31%
AI performed this in about 1 in 30 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI does this: Gather information from physical or electronic sources13%
AI performed this in about 1 in 28 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Arrange displays or decorations9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,323 conversations, and it got them there 65% of the time.
Still yours: Collect information about patients or clients5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Teach academic or vocational subjects3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 70 Copilot conversations and completed it 84% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 300 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 45% of the workSociologists53% AI does, against 86% here+3.8% by 2035 · $106,030 · Master’s degree
- Shares 37% of the workSocial Science Research Assistants27% AI does, against 86% here+5% by 2035 · $61,990 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 33% of the workAnthropologists and Archeologists41% AI does, against 86% here+6% by 2035 · $70,770 · Master’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
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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 0.46, higher than 100% 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, 19-3093 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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