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Animal Scientists

Animal Scientists score 53 out of 100, which is elevated exposure to AI. That ranks #167 of 923 US occupations, where #1 is the most exposed. Of the 9 tasks in this job, AI could speed up 1 on its own and 7 more with extra software built on top of it. In April–May 2026, 1 of these tasks showed up in real conversations with Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant.

53/ 100
Elevated
Rank
#167of 923 jobs
US workers
3,100BLS, May 2025
Median pay
$68,940a year
In real AI use
1 of 9tasks, April–May 2026

Task by task

Each task this job involves, as listed by O*NET, rated on whether a large language model like GPT-4 could cut the time it takes by at least half at the same quality. Tasks marked Seen in real AI use appeared in conversations with Claude in April–May 2026 (Anthropic Economic Index).

  • AI can speed this up on its own: 1 (11%)
  • AI can speed this up with extra software: 7 (78%)
  • Little or no AI speed-up: 1 (11%)
  • Write up or orally communicate research findings to the scientific community, producers, and the public.AI can speed this up on its own · core task
  • Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
  • Develop improved practices in feeding, housing, sanitation, or parasite and disease control of animals.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
  • Advise producers about improved products and techniques that could enhance their animal production efforts.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task · Seen in real AI use
  • Conduct research concerning animal nutrition, breeding, or management to improve products or processes.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
  • Study effects of management practices, processing methods, feed, or environmental conditions on quality and quantity of animal products, such as eggs and milk.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
  • Research and control animal selection and breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality.AI can speed this up with extra software · core task
  • Determine genetic composition of animal populations and heritability of traits, using principles of genetics.AI can speed this up with extra software · supplemental task
  • Crossbreed animals with existing strains or cross strains to obtain new combinations of desirable characteristics.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task

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How to read this score. Exposure measures how much of the work AI could speed up, not whether the job will disappear. A highly exposed job can change shape, with people spending less time on routine tasks and more on the rest. The score counts tasks AI can speed up on its own in full, and tasks that need extra software at half weight.

The ratings come from published research based on GPT-4 (2023). To show what's happening now, each task is also checked against the latest Anthropic Economic Index, which records which tasks people actually use AI for. That data is refreshed automatically when Anthropic publishes a new release. Read the full method.

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