Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Collect, synthesize, analyze, manage, and report environmental data, such as pollution emission measurements, atmospheric monitoring measurements, meteorological or mineralogical information, or soil or water samples.61

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Communicate scientific or technical information to the public, organizations, or internal audiences through oral briefings, written documents, workshops, conferences, training sessions, or public hearings.58
• Prepare charts or graphs from data samples, providing summary information on the environmental relevance of the data.54
• Monitor environmental impacts of development activities.49

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Conduct environmental audits or inspections or investigations of violations.25
• Provide advice on proper standards and regulations or the development of policies, strategies, or codes of practice for environmental management.29
• Determine data collection methods to be employed in research projects or surveys.30

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 41 puts Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 1 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 13 augmentable, and 6 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: adopt AI deliberately on the augmentable tasks and build visible evidence of the durable ones.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $82,220median wage
• 89,250employed
• 8,500annual openings
• +4.4%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Environmental Compliance Inspectors 54
• Industrial Ecologists 42
• Environmental Engineers 43
• Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 54
• Conservation Scientists 52
• Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians 50

FAQ — Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

What does a score of 41 mean for a Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 41 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Collect, synthesize, analyze, manage, and report environmental data, such as pollution emission measurements, atmospheric monitoring measurements, meteorological or mineralogical information, or soil or water samples. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Conduct environmental audits or inspections or investigations of violations; Provide advice on proper standards and regulations or the development of policies, strategies, or codes of practice for environmental management; Determine data collection methods to be employed in research projects or surveys. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.