What jobs are most at risk from AI automation?

Jobs most at risk from AI automation typically involve repetitive tasks, data entry, and structured information processing. Our rankings show the top 100 jobs with the highest AI risk scores, including jobs ranked by salary and employment numbers.

Which jobs are safest from AI replacement?

Jobs that require human creativity, emotional intelligence, physical dexterity, and complex interpersonal skills are generally safest from AI automation. Our rankings identify the bottom 100 jobs with the lowest AI risk scores.

How are jobs ranked by salary and AI risk?

We provide separate rankings for the top 100 highest and lowest salary jobs, each showing their AI risk scores. This helps identify which high-paying or low-paying careers face the greatest automation threats.

What does employment ranking by AI risk mean?

Employment rankings show jobs with the highest and lowest employment numbers, along with their AI risk scores. This helps understand the potential impact of AI automation on the workforce, showing which jobs affect the most workers.

AI Risk Job Rankings

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Jobs Ranked by AI Automation Risk

These rankings show jobs with the highest and lowest AI risk scores, helping you understand which careers are most vulnerable to automation.

Top 100 Most At Risk

#	Job Title	Avg. AI Risk
1	Billing and Posting Clerks	74.0%
2	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	70.0%
3	Data Entry Keyers	70.0%
4	Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	69.0%
5	Semiconductor Processing Technicians	69.0%
6	Medical Transcriptionists	68.0%
7	Travel Agents	68.0%
8	Brokerage Clerks	68.0%
9	Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	68.0%
10	Desktop Publishers	68.0%
11	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	67.0%
12	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	67.0%
13	Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	67.0%
14	Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	67.0%
15	Pharmacy Aides	67.0%
16	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	67.0%
17	Telemarketers	66.0%
18	Procurement Clerks	66.0%
19	Correspondence Clerks	66.0%
20	Word Processors and Typists	66.0%
21	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	66.0%
22	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	65.0%
23	Statistical Assistants	65.0%
24	Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	64.0%
25	Tellers	64.0%
26	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	64.0%
27	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	64.0%
28	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	63.0%
29	Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	63.0%
30	Online Merchants	63.0%
31	Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	63.0%
32	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	63.0%
33	Web Developers	62.0%
34	Loan Interviewers and Clerks	62.0%
35	Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators	62.0%
36	Freight Forwarders	62.0%
37	Dredge Operators	62.0%
38	Pharmacy Technicians	62.0%
39	Order Clerks	62.0%
40	Biomass Plant Technicians	62.0%
41	File Clerks	62.0%
42	Office Clerks, General	62.0%
43	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	61.0%
44	Insurance Underwriters	61.0%
45	Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians	61.0%
46	Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	61.0%
47	Receptionists and Information Clerks	61.0%
48	Slaughterers and Meat Packers	61.0%
49	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	61.0%
50	Agricultural Equipment Operators	61.0%
51	Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	60.0%
52	Power Plant Operators	60.0%
53	Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	60.0%
54	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	60.0%
55	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	60.0%
56	Web Administrators	60.0%
57	Telephone Operators	60.0%
58	Bioinformatics Technicians	60.0%
59	Printing Press Operators	60.0%
60	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	59.0%
61	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	59.0%
62	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	59.0%
63	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	59.0%
64	Food Batchmakers	59.0%
65	Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	59.0%
66	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	59.0%
67	Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	59.0%
68	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	59.0%
69	Logistics Analysts	59.0%
70	Credit Analysts	59.0%
71	Tax Preparers	59.0%
72	Business Intelligence Analysts	59.0%
73	Bill and Account Collectors	59.0%
74	Model Makers, Metal and Plastic	59.0%
75	Gas Plant Operators	59.0%
76	Subway and Streetcar Operators	59.0%
77	Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	59.0%
78	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	58.0%
79	Data Warehousing Specialists	58.0%
80	Automotive Engineering Technicians	58.0%
81	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	58.0%
82	New Accounts Clerks	58.0%
83	Financial Quantitative Analysts	58.0%
84	Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	58.0%
85	Continuous Mining Machine Operators	58.0%
86	Remote Sensing Technicians	58.0%
87	Cargo and Freight Agents	58.0%
88	Logging Equipment Operators	58.0%
89	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	58.0%
90	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	58.0%
91	Customer Service Representatives	58.0%
92	Conveyor Operators and Tenders	58.0%
93	Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	58.0%
94	Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	58.0%
95	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	58.0%
96	Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	58.0%
97	Prepress Technicians and Workers	58.0%
98	Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage	57.0%
99	Government Property Inspectors and Investigators	57.0%
100	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	57.0%

Bottom 100 Least At Risk

#	Job Title	Avg. AI Risk
1	Athletes and Sports Competitors	17.0%
2	Dancers	18.0%
3	Models	20.0%
4	Actors	25.0%
5	Musicians and Singers	25.0%
6	Home Health Aides	28.0%
7	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	28.0%
8	Choreographers	29.0%
9	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	29.0%
10	Psychiatric Technicians	31.0%
11	Funeral Attendants	31.0%
12	Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance	31.0%
13	Clinical Neuropsychologists	31.0%
14	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	31.0%
15	Dermatologists	32.0%
16	Crossing Guards and Flaggers	32.0%
17	Mental Health Counselors	32.0%
18	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	32.0%
19	Animal Trainers	32.0%
20	Clergy	32.0%
21	Craft Artists	32.0%
22	Personal Care Aides	32.0%
23	Neuropsychologists	33.0%
24	Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists	33.0%
25	Acute Care Nurses	33.0%
26	Firefighters	33.0%
27	Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	33.0%
28	Floor Sanders and Finishers	33.0%
29	Sewers, Hand	33.0%
30	Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	34.0%
31	Rehabilitation Counselors	34.0%
32	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	34.0%
33	Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	34.0%
34	Forest and Conservation Workers	34.0%
35	Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	34.0%
36	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	35.0%
37	Nurse Practitioners	35.0%
38	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	35.0%
39	Carpet Installers	35.0%
40	Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	35.0%
41	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	35.0%
42	Special Education Teachers, Preschool	35.0%
43	Special Education Teachers, Middle School	35.0%
44	Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	35.0%
45	Cooks, Private Household	35.0%
46	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	35.0%
47	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	35.0%
48	Fishing and Hunting Workers	35.0%
49	Brickmasons and Blockmasons	36.0%
50	Coaches and Scouts	36.0%
51	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	36.0%
52	Patient Representatives	36.0%
53	Audiologists	36.0%
54	Midwives	36.0%
55	Fallers	36.0%
56	Insulation Workers, Mechanical	36.0%
57	Podiatrists	36.0%
58	Massage Therapists	36.0%
59	Commercial Divers	36.0%
60	Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	37.0%
61	Parking Attendants	37.0%
62	Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	37.0%
63	Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary	37.0%
64	English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	37.0%
65	Psychiatric Aides	37.0%
66	Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	37.0%
67	Animal Breeders	37.0%
68	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	37.0%
69	Hearing Aid Specialists	37.0%
70	Chiropractors	37.0%
71	Recreational Therapists	37.0%
72	Childcare Workers	37.0%
73	Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons	37.0%
74	Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers	37.0%
75	Prosthodontists	37.0%
76	Physical Therapists	37.0%
77	Sports Medicine Physicians	37.0%
78	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	37.0%
79	Naturopathic Physicians	37.0%
80	Nannies	37.0%
81	Fence Erectors	37.0%
82	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	37.0%
83	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	38.0%
84	Animal Caretakers	38.0%
85	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	38.0%
86	Sociologists	38.0%
87	Lawyers	38.0%
88	Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	38.0%
89	Dentists, General	38.0%
90	Art Therapists	38.0%
91	Music Therapists	38.0%
92	Anesthesiologists	38.0%
93	Family Medicine Physicians	38.0%
94	Hospitalists	38.0%
95	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians	38.0%
96	Preventive Medicine Physicians	38.0%
97	Dental Hygienists	38.0%
98	Physical Therapist Aides	38.0%
99	Shampooers	38.0%
100	Tapers	38.0%

Understanding AI Risk Rankings

Our AI risk scores are calculated by analyzing job tasks, skills, knowledge requirements, and work activities to determine automation potential. Higher scores indicate greater risk of AI replacement, while lower scores suggest jobs that are safer from automation.

These rankings help professionals, students, and career changers understand which industries and roles may be most affected by AI technology. Use this information to make strategic career decisions and prepare for the future of work.

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