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High-paying jobs that are safest from AI

Occupations scoring SAFE on the register, ranked by what they actually pay. The intersection most people are looking for and almost nobody publishes: not the safest jobs, and not the best paid, but the ones that are both.

SAFE means 67 or above out of 100. Floor of 50,000 US workers, because a well-paid, safe occupation of 900 people is not an option most readers have. Scores are 0–100, higher is more resistant.

# Occupation Score Median wage US workers
1 Physicians, All Other 82 SAFE $265,930 342,720
2 General Internal Medicine Physicians 82 SAFE $256,560 67,150
3 Family Medicine Physicians 84 SAFE $244,180 107,510
4 Nurse Anesthetists 89 SAFE $236,590 51,840
5 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 75 SAFE $232,140 103,560
6 Chief Executives 69 SAFE $213,990 204,350
7 Dentists, General 85 SAFE $170,950 124,390
8 Lawyers 67 SAFE $159,670 754,500
9 Physician Assistants 77 SAFE $135,880 162,150
10 Nurse Practitioners 80 SAFE $132,300 323,040
11 Veterinarians 87 SAFE $130,100 83,900
12 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 69 SAFE $107,310 221,270
13 First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 76 SAFE $106,040 154,610
14 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 69 SAFE $105,870 328,330
15 Physical Therapists 86 SAFE $102,760 267,330
16 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 71 SAFE $100,580 75,990
17 Occupational Therapists 79 SAFE $100,330 162,450
18 Dental Hygienists 75 SAFE $98,100 222,740
19 Speech-Language Pathologists 83 SAFE $97,870 183,390
20 Registered Nurses 80 SAFE $97,550 3,379,720
21 School Psychologists 69 SAFE $95,990 63,940
22 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 68 SAFE $95,320 131,070
23 Detectives and Criminal Investigators 69 SAFE $93,790 114,430
24 First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 80 SAFE $93,530 99,140
25 Respiratory Therapists 78 SAFE $82,280 139,790
26 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 71 SAFE $80,250 77,960
27 Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 67 SAFE $80,110 230,490
28 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 73 SAFE $79,920 812,210
29 Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 71 SAFE $79,870 138,090
30 First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 68 SAFE $77,970 53,380
31 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 82 SAFE $76,210 670,520
32 Surveyors 72 SAFE $75,440 50,830
33 Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 73 SAFE $74,260 163,930
34 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 67 SAFE $74,090 65,010
35 Occupational Therapy Assistants 68 SAFE $72,300 51,290
36 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 69 SAFE $72,040 1,065,210
37 Physical Therapist Assistants 79 SAFE $68,380 112,430
38 Healthcare Social Workers 71 SAFE $67,880 187,630
39 Marriage and Family Therapists 74 SAFE $66,940 66,740
40 Special Education Teachers, Middle School 76 SAFE $66,810 95,200
41 Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 69 SAFE $66,270 111,420
42 Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 67 SAFE $65,510 176,600
43 Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School 75 SAFE $65,120 260,870
44 Surgical Technologists 67 SAFE $64,650 117,460
45 Industrial Machinery Mechanics 67 SAFE $64,520 439,640
46 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 73 SAFE $64,400 648,410
47 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 71 SAFE $64,370 620,090
48 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 72 SAFE $63,970 1,388,390
49 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 86 SAFE $63,800 465,840
50 Flight Attendants 73 SAFE $63,580 131,650

Showing 50. The full register is filterable and sortable, and the whole dataset is at /reports.json.

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