Career Explorer Computing and maths
Grows with AI
Computer occupations, all other
All computer occupations not listed separately.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 14% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.1% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $116,580
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.1%
- Openings a year
- 27,000
- People doing it (2025)
- 471,000
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Advise others on the design or use of technologies
- Develop operational or technical procedures or standards
- Process digital or online data
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Direct scientific or technical activities
- Maintain operational records
- Implement security measures for computer or information systems
What the work looks like
- Duplicate digital evidence to use for data recovery and analysis procedures.
- Preserve and maintain digital forensic evidence for analysis.
- Document penetration test findings.
- Adhere to legal policies and procedures related to handling digital media.
- Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Information security analystsGrows with AI, Index 24, +21.0%
- Industrial engineersGrows with AI, Index 39, +12.4%
- Computer and information research scientistsGrows with AI, Index 41, +21.8%
- Materials scientistsGrows with AI, Index 35, +8.3%
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.