Grows with AI

Life scientists, all other

All life scientists not listed separately.

AI Resistance Index 30 of 99

Changing faster than most: more resilient than 30% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +6.3% 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): $93,750
Job growth to 2035: +6.3%
Openings a year: 400
People doing it (2025): 8,000
Usual route in: Bachelor's degree

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Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographersGrows with AI, Index 38, +5.1%
Industrial engineersGrows with AI, Index 39, +12.4%
Soil and plant scientistsGrows with AI, Index 41, +6.7%
Architectural and civil draftersGrows with AI, Index 46, +5.2%

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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.