Logging workers, all other

All logging workers not listed separately.

AI Resistance Index 51 of 99

In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 51% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is low (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it low), and US jobs are projected to change by -7.6% by 2035, expected to shrink. The work leans on physical dexterity.

AI struggles with much of this work. Hiring is expected to grow slower than average, or to shrink.

Median pay (2025): $50,840
Job growth to 2035: -7.6%
Openings a year: 300
People doing it (2025): 2,400
Usual route in: High school diploma, then moderate on-the-job training

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Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

Agricultural workers, all otherHuman edge, growing, Index 83, +3.8%
Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animalsHuman edge, steady, Index 52, -3.2%
Log graders and scalersHuman edge, steady, Index 58, -2.2%
Brickmasons and blockmasonsHuman edge, steady, Index 57, +1.1%

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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.