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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Conduct research dealing with the understanding of human diseases and the improvement of human health. Engage in clinical investigation, research and development, or other related activities.

94 AI exposure
32 Human advantage
68 Market demand
66 AI leverage

Is Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists a safe career from AI?

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists scores 94 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 32, 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 68 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 12.6% over ten years.

What Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists pay

The median wage is $100,590 a year. The lower quarter earns under $77,260 and the upper quarter over $133,870. About 156,300 people do this work in the United States.

Where Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists can go next

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

Medical Dosimetrists 89% of the skills carry over $138k median
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 90% of the skills carry over $93k median
Nurse Anesthetists 80% of the skills carry over $223k median
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 81% of the skills carry over $168k 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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