Death Rankings

All 342 US occupations ranked by AI and robot replacement risk.

342 of 342 jobs

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1	⚡Medical transcriptionists	100%	2026	$38k	44k
2	🧠Bill and account collectors	94%	2026	$46k	167k
3	🧠Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	94%	2026	$49k	1.6M
4	🧠Computer and information research scientists	94%	2026	$141k	40k
5	🧠Computer programmers	94%	2026	$99k	121k
6	🧠Court reporters and simultaneous captioners	94%	2026	$67k	18k
7	🧠Customer service representatives	94%	2026	$43k	2.8M
8	🧠Data scientists	94%	2026	$113k	246k
9	🧠Database administrators and architects	94%	2026	$123k	145k
10	🧠Desktop publishers	94%	2026	$54k	5k
11	🧠Drafters	94%	2026	$65k	192k
12	🧠Economists	94%	2026	$115k	18k
13	🧠Editors	94%	2026	$75k	116k
14	🧠Financial analysts	94%	2026	$102k	429k
15	🧠Financial clerks	94%	2026	$49k	1.2M
16	🧠General office clerks	94%	2026	$44k	2.6M
17	🧠Graphic designers	94%	2026	$61k	266k
18	🧠Insurance underwriters	94%	2026	$80k	127k
19	🧠Interpreters and translators	94%	2026	$59k	75k
20	🧠Market research analysts	94%	2026	$77k	942k
21	🧠Mathematicians and statisticians	94%	2026	$104k	35k
22	⚡Medical records specialists	94%	2027	$50k	195k
23	🧠Operations research analysts	94%	2026	$91k	112k
24	🧠Paralegals and legal assistants	94%	2026	$61k	376k
25	🧠Software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers	94%	2026	$131k	1.9M
26	⚡Special effects artists and animators	94%	2027	$100k	57k
27	⚡Survey researchers	94%	2027	$63k	9k
28	🧠Technical writers	94%	2026	$92k	56k
29	🧠Travel agents	94%	2026	$48k	66k
30	🧠Web developers and digital designers	94%	2026	$95k	215k
31	🧠Writers and authors	94%	2026	$72k	135k
32	🧠Accountants and auditors	83%	2027	$82k	1.6M
33	🧠Actuaries	83%	2027	$126k	34k
34	🧠Advertising, promotions, and marketing managers	83%	2027	$160k	434k
35	⚡Art directors	83%	2028	$111k	135k
36	⚡Atmospheric scientists, including meteorologists	83%	2028	$97k	9k
37	🧠Budget analysts	83%	2027	$88k	50k
38	🧠Cartographers and photogrammetrists	83%	2027	$78k	13k
39	🧠Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	83%	2027	$77k	107k
40	🧠Compliance officers	83%	2027	$78k	418k
41	🧠Computer hardware engineers	83%	2027	$155k	77k
42	🧠Computer network architects	83%	2027	$130k	179k
43	🧠Computer support specialists	83%	2027	$62k	882k
44	🧠Computer systems analysts	83%	2027	$104k	521k
45	🧠Cost estimators	83%	2027	$77k	221k
46	⚡Financial examiners	83%	2028	$90k	65k
47	⚡Geographers	83%	2028	$97k	2k
48	⚡Health information technologists and medical registrars	83%	2028	$67k	42k
49	⚡Industrial designers	83%	2028	$79k	31k
50	⚡Information security analysts	83%	2028	$125k	183k
51	🧠Lawyers	83%	2027	$151k	865k
52	🧠Loan officers	83%	2027	$74k	301k
53	⚡Medical dosimetrists	83%	2028	$138k	5k
54	🧠Models	83%	2027	$90k	7k
55	🧠Network and computer systems administrators	83%	2027	$97k	332k
56	⚡Political scientists	83%	2028	$139k	7k
57	⚡Public relations specialists	83%	2028	$70k	316k
58	🧠Secretaries and administrative assistants	83%	2027	$47k	3.5M
59	🧠Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	83%	2027	$78k	515k
60	⚡Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents	83%	2028	$60k	58k
61	⚡Actors	72%	2029	$49k	57k
62	⚡Adult basic and secondary education and ESL teachers	72%	2029	$60k	41k
63	🧠Advertising sales agents	72%	2028	$61k	104k
64	🧠Aerospace engineers	72%	2028	$135k	72k
65	⚡Air traffic controllers	72%	2029	$145k	24k
66	⚡Announcers and DJs	72%	2029	$45k	40k
67	🧠Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators	72%	2028	$68k	9k
68	🧠Architects	72%	2028	$97k	124k
69	🧠Architectural and engineering managers	72%	2028	$168k	213k
70	⚡Biochemists and biophysicists	72%	2029	$104k	36k
71	🧠Bioengineers and biomedical engineers	72%	2028	$107k	22k
72	⚡Cashiers	72%	2029	$31k	3.2M
73	⚡Chemists and materials scientists	72%	2029	$87k	96k
74	⚡Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	72%	2029	$77k	365k
75	🧠Compensation and benefits managers	72%	2028	$140k	21k
76	🧠Computer and information systems managers	72%	2028	$171k	667k
77	🧠Credit counselors	72%	2028	$50k	32k
78	🧠Electrical and electronics engineers	72%	2028	$119k	288k
79	⚡Epidemiologists	72%	2029	$84k	12k
80	⚡Fashion designers	72%	2029	$81k	26k
81	⚡Film and video editors and camera operators	72%	2029	$71k	80k
82	🧠Financial managers	72%	2028	$162k	869k
83	🧠Fundraisers	72%	2028	$66k	134k
84	⚡High school teachers	72%	2029	$65k	1.1M
85	⚡Historians	72%	2029	$74k	3k
86	🧠Human resources managers	72%	2028	$140k	222k
87	🧠Human resources specialists	72%	2028	$73k	944k
88	🧠Industrial engineers	72%	2028	$101k	351k
89	🧠Information clerks	72%	2028	$44k	1.3M
90	⚡Instructional coordinators	72%	2029	$75k	233k
91	🧠Insurance sales agents	72%	2028	$60k	569k
92	⚡Interior designers	72%	2029	$63k	87k
93	🧠Judges and hearing officers	72%	2028	$135k	45k
94	🧠Labor relations specialists	72%	2028	$94k	65k
95	⚡Landscape architects	72%	2029	$80k	22k
96	⚡Librarians and library media specialists	72%	2029	$64k	142k
97	⚡Library technicians and assistants	72%	2029	$38k	163k
98	🧠Logisticians	72%	2028	$81k	241k
99	🧠Management analysts	72%	2028	$101k	1.1M
100	🧠Marine engineers and naval architects	72%	2028	$106k	9k
101	⚡Material recording clerks	72%	2029	$46k	1.3M
102	⚡Materials engineers	72%	2029	$108k	23k
103	⚡Mechanical engineers	72%	2029	$102k	293k
104	⚡Medical scientists	72%	2029	$101k	165k
105	⚡Music directors and composers	72%	2029	$64k	47k
106	🧠Natural sciences managers	72%	2028	$161k	104k
107	🧠News analysts, reporters, and journalists	72%	2028	$60k	49k
108	🧠Nuclear engineers	72%	2028	$128k	15k
109	🧠Personal financial advisors	72%	2028	$102k	326k
110	⚡Photographers	72%	2029	$43k	151k
111	⚡Physicists and astronomers	72%	2029	$166k	26k
112	🧠Postsecondary education administrators	72%	2028	$104k	227k
113	⚡Postsecondary teachers	72%	2029	$84k	1.4M
114	⚡Producers and directors	72%	2029	$83k	167k
115	🧠Project management specialists	72%	2028	$101k	1.0M
116	🧠Property appraisers and assessors	72%	2028	$65k	77k
117	🧠Public relations and fundraising managers	72%	2028	$133k	129k
118	🧠Public safety telecommunicators	72%	2028	$51k	105k
119	🧠Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents	72%	2028	$80k	606k
120	🧠Receptionists	72%	2028	$37k	1.0M
121	🧠Sales engineers	72%	2028	$122k	57k
122	🧠Sales managers	72%	2028	$138k	620k
123	⚡Set and exhibit designers	72%	2029	$66k	31k
124	⚡Sociologists	72%	2029	$102k	3k
125	🧠Tellers	72%	2028	$39k	347k
126	🧠Training and development managers	72%	2028	$127k	46k
127	🧠Training and development specialists	72%	2028	$66k	452k
128	⚡Tutors	72%	2029	$40k	216k
129	⚡Urban and regional planners	72%	2029	$84k	45k
130	⚡Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives	72%	2029	$74k	1.6M
131	⚡Agricultural and food scientists	61%	2031	$79k	39k
132	🧠Agricultural engineers	61%	2030	$85k	2k
133	⚡Archivists, curators, and museum workers	61%	2031	$57k	40k
134	🤖Broadcast, sound, and video technicians	61%	2032	$57k	146k
135	🧠Chemical engineers	61%	2030	$122k	22k
136	🤖Civil engineering technologists and technicians	61%	2032	$64k	65k
137	🧠Civil engineers	61%	2030	$100k	369k
138	⚡Craft and fine artists	61%	2031	$56k	52k
139	⚡Dietitians and nutritionists	61%	2031	$74k	91k
140	🧠Elementary, middle, and high school principals	61%	2030	$104k	333k
141	🧠Emergency management directors	61%	2030	$86k	13k
142	🧠Environmental engineers	61%	2030	$104k	39k
143	⚡Environmental scientists and specialists	61%	2031	$80k	90k
144	⚡Genetic counselors	61%	2031	$99k	4k
145	⚡Health education specialists	61%	2031	$63k	72k
146	⚡Hydrologists	61%	2031	$92k	6k
147	🤖Industrial engineering technologists and technicians	61%	2032	$65k	75k
148	🤖Industrial production managers	61%	2032	$121k	242k
149	⚡Kindergarten and elementary school teachers	61%	2031	$62k	1.5M
150	🧠Medical and health services managers	61%	2030	$118k	616k
151	🧠Meeting, convention, and event planners	61%	2030	$59k	156k
152	⚡Microbiologists	61%	2031	$87k	21k
153	⚡Middle school teachers	61%	2031	$63k	634k
154	🧠Mining and geological engineers	61%	2030	$101k	7k
155	🧠Petroleum engineers	61%	2030	$141k	20k
156	🤖Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers	61%	2032	$104k	47k
157	⚡Private detectives and investigators	61%	2031	$52k	44k
158	⚡Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	61%	2031	$65k	92k
159	🧠Property, real estate, and community association managers	61%	2030	$67k	466k
160	⚡Psychologists	61%	2031	$94k	204k
161	🧠Real estate brokers and sales agents	61%	2030	$59k	532k
162	⚡School and career counselors and advisors	61%	2031	$65k	376k
163	🧠Social and community service managers	61%	2030	$78k	220k
164	🧠Top executives	61%	2030	$105k	4.0M
165	🧠Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	61%	2030	$102k	217k
166	🧠Administrative services and facilities managers	50%	2032	$107k	423k
167	🤖Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians	50%	2034	$80k	9k
168	🤖Airline and commercial pilots	50%	2034	$198k	155k
169	⚡Anthropologists and archeologists	50%	2033	$65k	9k
170	🤖Biological technicians	50%	2034	$52k	83k
171	🤖Chemical technicians	50%	2034	$58k	57k
172	🤖Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	50%	2034	$62k	351k
173	⚡Concierges	50%	2033	$37k	46k
174	🤖Construction and building inspectors	50%	2034	$72k	148k
175	🤖Construction managers	50%	2034	$107k	550k
176	🤖Dental and ophthalmic laboratory technicians and medical appliance technicians	50%	2034	$46k	67k
177	⚡Diagnostic medical sonographers	50%	2033	$89k	90k
178	🤖Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians	50%	2034	$77k	94k
179	🧠Entertainment and recreation managers	50%	2032	$77k	43k
180	🤖Environmental engineering technologists and technicians	50%	2034	$59k	13k
181	🤖Forensic science technicians	50%	2034	$67k	21k
182	🤖Geological and hydrologic technicians	50%	2034	$51k	13k
183	⚡Geoscientists	50%	2033	$99k	25k
184	🧠Health and safety engineers	50%	2032	$110k	24k
185	🤖Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	50%	2034	$57k	2.2M
186	🧠Lodging managers	50%	2032	$68k	52k
187	⚡Marriage and family therapists	50%	2033	$64k	78k
188	🤖Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians	50%	2034	$69k	38k
189	🤖Nuclear technicians	50%	2034	$104k	6k
190	🤖Nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners	50%	2034	$132k	383k
191	🤖Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians	50%	2034	$79k	164k
192	🤖Pharmacists	50%	2034	$137k	335k
193	⚡Physician assistants	50%	2033	$133k	163k
194	🤖Physicians and surgeons	50%	2034	$239k	839k
195	🧠Preschool and childcare center directors	50%	2032	$56k	90k
196	🤖Quality control inspectors	50%	2034	$47k	598k
197	⚡Rehabilitation counselors	50%	2033	$46k	92k
198	🤖Security guards and gambling surveillance officers	50%	2034	$38k	1.3M
199	⚡Social and human service assistants	50%	2033	$45k	450k
200	⚡Special education teachers	50%	2033	$64k	560k
201	⚡Speech-language pathologists	50%	2033	$95k	187k
202	🤖Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	50%	2034	$59k	484k
203	🤖Surveying and mapping technicians	50%	2034	$52k	59k
204	🧠Surveyors	50%	2032	$73k	56k
205	⚡Taxi drivers, shuttle drivers, and chauffeurs	50%	2033	$37k	448k
206	⚡Umpires, referees, and other sports officials	50%	2033	$39k	19k
207	🤖Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators	50%	2034	$58k	132k
208	⚡Zoologists and wildlife biologists	50%	2033	$73k	18k
209	🤖Agricultural and food science technicians	39%	2036	$48k	39k
210	🧠Audiologists	39%	2034	$92k	16k
211	🤖Bus drivers	39%	2036	$48k	546k
212	🤖Calibration technologists and technicians	39%	2036	$65k	16k
213	🤖Cardiovascular technologists and technicians	39%	2036	$67k	65k
214	🧠Career and technical education teachers	39%	2034	$63k	240k
215	🧠Coaches and scouts	39%	2034	$46k	307k
216	🧠Conservation scientists and foresters	39%	2034	$69k	42k
217	🤖Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians	39%	2036	$71k	15k
218	🤖Environmental science and protection technicians	39%	2036	$49k	40k
219	🧠Exercise physiologists	39%	2034	$58k	24k
220	🤖Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	39%	2036	$88k	836k
221	🤖Fire inspectors	39%	2036	$75k	18k
222	🧠Food service managers	39%	2034	$65k	353k
223	🧠Gambling services workers	39%	2034	$36k	151k
224	🤖Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	39%	2036	$49k	35k
225	🤖Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	39%	2036	$62k	651k
226	🤖Machinists and tool and die makers	39%	2036	$58k	355k
227	🤖Material moving machine operators	39%	2036	$47k	868k
228	🧠Medical assistants	39%	2034	$44k	811k
229	🤖Metal and plastic machine workers	39%	2036	$47k	1.0M
230	🤖Military careers	39%	2036	$50k	50k
231	🧠Musicians and singers	39%	2034	$88k	170k
232	🧠Nuclear medicine technologists	39%	2034	$97k	20k
233	🧠Opticians	39%	2034	$47k	80k
234	🧠Optometrists	39%	2034	$135k	48k
235	🧠Orthotists and prosthetists	39%	2034	$78k	10k
236	🤖Pharmacy technicians	39%	2036	$43k	490k
237	🧠Podiatrists	39%	2034	$153k	10k
238	🤖Police and detectives	39%	2036	$77k	827k
239	🧠Radiation therapists	39%	2034	$102k	19k
240	🧠Radiologic and MRI technologists	39%	2034	$79k	272k
241	🤖Railroad workers	39%	2036	$76k	78k
242	🤖Registered nurses	39%	2036	$94k	3.4M
243	🧠Respiratory therapists	39%	2034	$80k	140k
244	🤖Retail sales workers	39%	2036	$35k	4.2M
245	🤖Semiconductor processing technicians	39%	2036	$51k	32k
246	🧠Social workers	39%	2034	$61k	811k
247	🧠Teacher assistants	39%	2034	$35k	1.4M
248	🧠Tour and travel guides	39%	2034	$37k	56k
249	🤖Veterinarians	39%	2036	$126k	86k
250	🤖Veterinary technologists and technicians	39%	2036	$46k	134k
251	🤖Agricultural workers	35%	2038	$36k	813k
252	🤖Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians	35%	2038	$79k	161k
253	🤖Assemblers and fabricators	35%	2038	$44k	1.9M
254	🤖Automotive body and glass repairers	35%	2040	$51k	193k
255	🤖Automotive service technicians and mechanics	35%	2038	$50k	806k
256	🤖Bakers	35%	2040	$37k	249k
257	🤖Bartenders	35%	2040	$34k	757k
258	🤖Boilermakers	35%	2040	$73k	10k
259	🤖Butchers	35%	2040	$39k	143k
260	🤖Carpenters	35%	2040	$59k	959k
261	🤖Chefs and head cooks	35%	2038	$61k	197k
262	🤖Construction equipment operators	35%	2038	$58k	540k
263	🤖Construction laborers and helpers	35%	2042	$46k	1.6M
264	🤖Cooks	35%	2038	$36k	2.8M
265	🤖Delivery truck drivers and driver/sales workers	35%	2038	$43k	1.5M
266	🤖Dental assistants	35%	2038	$47k	382k
267	🤖Dental hygienists	35%	2040	$94k	222k
268	🤖Diesel service technicians and mechanics	35%	2038	$61k	320k
269	🤖Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers	35%	2042	$59k	119k
270	🤖EMTs and paramedics	35%	2038	$46k	283k
271	🤖Electrical and electronics installers and repairers	35%	2038	$71k	119k
272	🤖Electrical power-line installers and repairers	35%	2040	$93k	127k
273	🤖Electricians	35%	2040	$62k	819k
274	🤖Elevator and escalator installers and repairers	35%	2038	$107k	24k
275	🤖Firefighters	35%	2038	$60k	345k
276	🤖Fishing and hunting workers	35%	2040	$50k	22k
277	🤖Flight attendants	35%	2038	$67k	131k
278	🤖Flooring installers and tile and stone setters	35%	2042	$52k	112k
279	🤖Food preparation workers	35%	2040	$34k	903k
280	🤖Food processing equipment workers	35%	2038	$40k	283k
281	🤖Forest and conservation workers	35%	2040	$44k	11k
282	🤖General maintenance and repair workers	35%	2040	$49k	1.6M
283	🤖Glaziers	35%	2040	$55k	61k
284	🤖Grounds maintenance workers	35%	2042	$38k	1.3M
285	🤖Hand laborers and material movers	35%	2040	$38k	7.0M
286	🤖Hazardous materials removal workers	35%	2040	$48k	51k
287	🤖Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	35%	2040	$60k	425k
288	🤖Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians	35%	2038	$63k	246k
289	🤖Industrial machinery mechanics, machinery maintenance workers, and millwrights	35%	2038	$64k	538k
290	🤖Insulation workers	35%	2040	$51k	67k
291	🤖Ironworkers	35%	2042	$62k	85k
292	🤖Janitors and building cleaners	35%	2042	$36k	2.4M
293	🤖Logging workers	35%	2040	$50k	44k
294	🤖Masonry workers	35%	2040	$57k	294k
295	🤖Medical equipment repairers	35%	2038	$63k	68k
296	🤖Oil and gas workers	35%	2038	$53k	116k
297	🤖Painters, construction and maintenance	35%	2042	$49k	342k
298	🤖Painting and coating workers	35%	2038	$47k	174k
299	🤖Pest control workers	35%	2040	$45k	102k
300	🤖Phlebotomists	35%	2040	$44k	140k
301	🤖Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	35%	2040	$63k	505k
302	🤖Postal service workers	35%	2038	$58k	500k
303	🤖Psychiatric technicians and aides	35%	2038	$42k	183k
304	🤖Roofers	35%	2042	$51k	167k
305	🤖Sheet metal workers	35%	2038	$61k	127k
306	🤖Small engine mechanics	35%	2040	$48k	78k
307	🤖Solar photovoltaic installers	35%	2040	$52k	29k
308	🤖Stationary engineers and boiler operators	35%	2038	$75k	33k
309	🤖Telecommunications technicians	35%	2038	$64k	269k
310	🤖Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	35%	2040	$37k	118k
311	🤖Waiters and waitresses	35%	2038	$34k	2.3M
312	🤖Water transportation workers	35%	2038	$66k	84k
313	🤖Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	35%	2040	$51k	457k
314	🤖Wind turbine technicians	35%	2040	$63k	14k
315	🤖Woodworkers	35%	2038	$44k	215k
316	🧠Athletic trainers	28%	2036	$60k	34k
317	🧠Chiropractors	28%	2036	$79k	57k
318	🧠Community health workers	28%	2036	$51k	65k
319	🧠Correctional officers and bailiffs	28%	2036	$58k	407k
320	🧠Dentists	28%	2036	$179k	149k
321	🧠Fitness trainers and instructors	28%	2036	$46k	370k
322	🧠Floral designers	28%	2036	$36k	44k
323	🧠Food and beverage serving and related workers	28%	2036	$31k	5.0M
324	🧠Funeral service workers	28%	2036	$59k	60k
325	🧠Occupational therapists	28%	2036	$98k	160k
326	🧠Occupational therapy assistants and aides	28%	2036	$66k	54k
327	🧠Physical therapist assistants and aides	28%	2036	$60k	157k
328	🧠Physical therapists	28%	2036	$101k	267k
329	🧠Preschool teachers	28%	2036	$37k	555k
330	🧠Recreation workers	28%	2036	$35k	328k
331	🧠Recreational therapists	28%	2036	$60k	16k
332	🧠Skincare specialists	28%	2036	$42k	97k
333	🧠Surgical assistants and technologists	28%	2036	$62k	141k
334	✅Animal care and service workers	17%	2038	$34k	439k
335	✅Barbers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	17%	2038	$35k	651k
336	✅Childcare workers	17%	2038	$32k	992k
337	✅Dancers and choreographers	17%	2038	$51k	17k
338	✅Home health and personal care aides	17%	2038	$35k	4.3M
339	✅Manicurists and pedicurists	17%	2038	$35k	210k
340	✅Massage therapists	17%	2038	$58k	168k
341	✅Nursing assistants and orderlies	17%	2038	$39k	1.5M
342	✅Athletes and sports competitors	6%	2040	$62k	19k