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Occupation

Anthropologists and Archeologists

Study the origin, development, and behavior of human beings. May study the way of life, language, or physical characteristics of people in various parts of the world. May engage in systematic recovery and examination of material evidence, such as tools or pottery remaining from past human cultures, in order to determine the history, customs, and living habits of earlier civilizations.

80 AI exposure
28 Human advantage
56 Market demand
57 AI leverage

Is Anthropologists and Archeologists a safe career from AI?

Anthropologists and Archeologists scores 80 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 28, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 56 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 6% over ten years.

What Anthropologists and Archeologists pay

The median wage is $64,910 a year. The lower quarter earns under $51,240 and the upper quarter over $83,080. About 8,070 people do this work in the United States.

Where Anthropologists and Archeologists can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 93% of the skills carry over $96k median
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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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