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Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 18.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #156 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +18.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $90,150 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 143,100 in the US, with about 17,100 openings a year
The work, 17 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: Inspect facilities or equipment14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others on health or medical topics12%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,890 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Develop public or community health programs9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Test sites or materials for environmental hazards9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on healthcare or wellness issues7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about specifications or project details5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 117 Copilot conversations and completed it 78% of the time.
AI does this: Present research or technical information5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 30 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Prepare informational or instructional materials4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 51 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Investigate organizational or operational problems4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,383 conversations, and it got them there 86% of the time.
AI does this: Analyze scientific or applied data using mathematical principles4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 709 Copilot conversations and completed it 58% of the time.
Still yours: Analyze data to improve operations4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop contingency or emergency response plans4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Analyze biological or chemical substances or related data2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 660 conversations, and it got them there 76% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 119 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 17,100 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 24% of the workOccupational Therapists16% AI does, against 38% here+14.8% by 2035 · $100,330 · Master’s degree
- Shares 22% of the workSpecial Education Teachers30% AI does, against 38% here+1.9% by 2035 · $76,580 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 40% of the workOccupational Health and Safety Technicians13% AI does, against 38% here+19.4% by 2035 · $61,560 · High school diploma
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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 0.15, higher than 51% 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, 19-5011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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