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.

• Prepare charts or graphs from data samples, providing summary information on the environmental relevance of the data.70

Augmentable tasks

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

• 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.55
• Process and review environmental permits, licenses, or related materials.55
• Analyze data to determine validity, quality, and scientific significance and to interpret correlations between human activities and environmental effects.55

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
• Supervise or train students, environmental technologists, technicians, or other related staff.25
• Monitor environmental impacts of development activities.30

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 42 puts Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 1 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 11 augmentable, and 8 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.

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 39
• Industrial Ecologists 47
• Environmental Engineers 42
• Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 37
• Conservation Scientists 41
• Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians 39

How this score was calculated

FAQ — Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Will AI replace Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 42 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 42 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the third 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: Prepare charts or graphs from data samples, providing summary information on the environmental relevance of the data. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Conduct environmental audits or inspections or investigations of violations; Supervise or train students, environmental technologists, technicians, or other related staff; Monitor environmental impacts of development activities. 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.