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Life, Physical, and Social Science · SOC 19-3011

24.2% AI Exposure — High
$124,720
Median Annual Salary
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O*NET Outlook
1,800
Proj. Annual Openings
17,790
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-1.1%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
76/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 19-3011 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
24.2%
High · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
53/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$124,720
H-1B offered wage $123,600; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
1,800
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +1.2%.
Observed/proxy demand
918
FY2025 certified LCAs; 3,746 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Reading ComprehensionMathematicsCritical ThinkingWritingActive Listening
  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

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Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure24.2%
AI Resiliency76/100
Exposure BandHigh
Sector Avg. Exposure9.7%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

58.8%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic24.2%
AI capability · OpenAI55.3%
AI ability · AIOE97%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne43%

AI could do ~55.3% of this role but only ~24.2% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Reading Comprehension
2.Mathematics
3.Critical Thinking
4.Writing
5.Active Listening

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

9,430
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
918
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$123,600
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#59 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to address economic problems related to the production and distribution of goods and services or monetary and fiscal policy. May collect and process economic and statistical data using sampling techniques and econometric methods.

Common titles: Economic Advisor, Economic Analyst, Economic Consultant, Economic Development Specialist, Economist, Forensic Economist

Representative Tasks

  • Study economic and statistical data in area of specialization, such as finance, labor, or agriculture.
  • Compile, analyze, and report data to explain economic phenomena and forecast market trends, applying mathematical models and statistical techniques.
  • Study the socioeconomic impacts of new public policies, such as proposed legislation, taxes, services, and regulations.
  • Explain economic impact of policies to the public.
  • Review documents written by others.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Review professional literature to maintain professional knowledge.
  • Forecast economic, political, or social trends.
  • Conduct research on social issues.
  • Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.
  • Present information to the public.

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Excel · hotMicrosoft PowerPoint · hotPython · hotR · hotSAS · hotC++ · hotIBM SPSS Statistics · hotMicrosoft Visual Basic · hotMicrosoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA · hotOracle Java · hot

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
12.1%
Avg AI Exposure
8
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 19-3011: 2019 — employment: 19,000, median wage: $105,020; 2020 — employment: 17,520, median wage: $108,350; 2021 — employment: 15,640, median wage: $105,630; 2022 — employment: 16,370, median wage: $113,940; 2023 — employment: 16,420, median wage: $115,730; 2025 — employment: 17,790, median wage: $124,720.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure24.2%9.7%
OutlookBright ↗37% Bright
Median Salary$124,720N/A
AI Resiliency76/100N/A