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Physicians, Pathologists

Diagnose diseases and conduct lab tests using organs, body tissues, and fluids. Includes medical examiners.

80 AI exposure
30 Human advantage
55 Market demand
58 AI leverage

Is Physicians, Pathologists a safe career from AI?

Physicians, Pathologists 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 30, 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 55 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment roughly flat over ten years.

Where Physicians, Pathologists can go next

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

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Nurse Anesthetists 85% of the skills carry over $223k median
Pediatricians, General 83% of the skills carry over $210k 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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