← Risk register Form CI-S · reviewed 2026-08-11

Science & AI

48 occupations · 1,473,280 US workers · $129.0B in annual wages

How this sector scores

Science averages 44/100 across its occupations, or 47/100 weighted by how many people actually work each one. No sector is uniformly anything — the spread below is the point.

COOKED 5 · EXPOSED 41 · SAFE 2 · 1 contested

Most protected
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 71

Most exposed
Social Science Research Assistants 22

Occupation Verdict Resistance Where it holdsT·E·L·R·J Workers
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists EXPOSED 49/100 T E L R J 172,340
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists EXPOSED 51/100 T E L R J 140,610
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health EXPOSED 50/100 T E L R J 89,250
Chemists EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 82,770
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists SAFE 71/100 T E L R J 75,990
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other EXPOSED 37/100 T E L R J 73,910
Biological Technicians EXPOSED 35/100 T E L R J 69,620
School Psychologists SAFE 69/100 T E L R J 63,940
Chemical Technicians EXPOSED 39/100 T E L R J 57,540
Biological Scientists, All Other EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 55,850
Urban and Regional Planners EXPOSED 45/100 T E L R J 44,230
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other COOKED 31/100 T E L R J 37,100
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health EXPOSED 45/100 T E L R J 34,670
Biochemists and Biophysicists EXPOSED 44/100 T E L R J 33,830
Social Science Research Assistants COOKED 22/100 T E L R J 30,640
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 30,590
Forest and Conservation Technicians EXPOSED 52/100 T E L R J 30,410
Conservation Scientists EXPOSED 56/100 T E L R J 25,950
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers EXPOSED 55/100 T E L R J 23,470
Physical Scientists, All Other EXPOSED 42/100 T E L R J 22,300
Physicists EXPOSED 46/100 T E L R J 20,430
Forensic Science Technicians EXPOSED 56/100 T E L R J 19,120
Microbiologists EXPOSED 46/100 T E L R J 18,940
Psychologists, All Other EXPOSED 54/100 T E L R J 18,820
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists EXPOSED 47/100 T E L R J 18,120
Economists EXPOSED 35/100 T E L R J 17,790
Soil and Plant Scientists EXPOSED 50/100 T E L R J 15,730
Agricultural Technicians EXPOSED 40/100 T E L R J 15,130
Food Science Technicians EXPOSED 40/100 T E L R J 14,600
Food Scientists and Technologists EXPOSED 48/100 T E L R J 13,060
Epidemiologists EXPOSED 45/100 T E L R J 12,090
Foresters EXPOSED 60/100 T E L R J 10,430
Atmospheric and Space Scientists EXPOSED 39/100 T E L R J 10,000
Anthropologists and Archeologists EXPOSED 51/100 T E L R J 8,990
Materials Scientists EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 8,470
Survey Researchers COOKED 26/100 T E L R J 8,290
Life Scientists, All Other EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 7,460
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 6,980
Nuclear Technicians EXPOSED 50/100 T E L R J 6,470
Hydrologists EXPOSED 48/100 T E L R J 5,850
Political Scientists COOKED 33/100 T E L R J 5,540
Historians EXPOSED 36/100 T E L R J 3,450
Animal Scientists EXPOSED 46/100 T E L R J 3,100
Hydrologic Technicians EXPOSED 43/100 T E L R J 2,840
Sociologists EXPOSED 34/100 T E L R J 2,260
Astronomers EXPOSED 37/100 T E L R J 2,120
Geographers COOKED 32/100 T E L R J 1,400
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists EXPOSED 41/100 T E L R J 790

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