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Changing shape

Social scientists and related workers, all other

All social scientists and related workers not listed separately.

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AI Resistance Index 11 of 99

Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 11% 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 -0.2% by 2035, expected to shrink. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.

AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.

Median pay (2025)
$101,110
Job growth to 2035
-0.2%
Openings a year
2,700
People doing it (2025)
41,500
Usual route in
Bachelor's degree
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Where people already use AI for this work

  • Present research or technical information
  • Coordinate with others to resolve problems
  • Evaluate programs, practices, or processes

From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).

Work AI rarely helps with

  • Analyze data to improve operations
  • Develop research plans or methodologies
  • Design structures or facilities

What the work looks like

  • Define regional or local transportation planning problems or priorities.
  • Participate in public meetings or hearings to explain planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on project designs.
  • Prepare reports or recommendations on transportation planning.
  • Collaborate with engineers to research, analyze, or resolve complex transportation design issues.
  • Recommend transportation system improvements or projects, based on economic, population, land-use, or traffic projections.

From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.

Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook

Also known as: Planner, Program Officer, Transportation Data Programs Manager, Transportation Planner, Transportation Analyst.

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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.