Occupation
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
Operate or control nuclear reactors. Move control rods, start and stop equipment, monitor and adjust controls, and record data in logs. Implement emergency procedures when needed. May respond to abnormalities, determine cause, and recommend corrective action.
Is Nuclear Power Reactor Operators a safe career from AI?
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators scores 82 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 41. There is a real physical and in-person component to this work, alongside a good deal that could be done from anywhere. Market demand scores 44 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment falling 5.9% over ten years.
What Nuclear Power Reactor Operators pay
The median wage is $122,610 a year. The lower quarter earns under $107,170 and the upper quarter over $131,520. About 5,720 people do this work in the United States.
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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.