Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

Minimal Risk
19%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
14%
(Minimal Risk)
POLLING
24%
(Low Risk)
Average: 19%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
4.4%
by year 2033
WAGES
$70,600
or $33.94 per hour
Volume
17,100
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
6.7/10

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Calculated automation risk

14% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): Occupations in this category have a low probability of being automated, as they typically demand complex problem-solving, creativity, strong interpersonal skills, and a high degree of manual dexterity. These jobs often involve intricate hand movements and precise coordination, making it difficult for machines to replicate the required tasks.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Originality

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Negotiation

  • Persuasion

User poll

24% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 14% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists' job openings is expected to rise 4.4% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists' was $70,600, or $33 per hour

'Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists' were paid 46.9% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 17,100 people employed as 'Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 8 thousand people are employed as 'Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists'.

Job description

Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management. May collect and analyze biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water habitats.

SOC Code: 19-1023.00

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Clover (Low) 2 months ago
An animal would barely act right around lets say a zookeeper, a robot would be crushed on the first day.
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Paleoman77(I love Pooh) (Low) 4 months ago
They have to have care for the animals, and the ability to improvise
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Alex G. 4 months ago
This field doesn't require just research, it covers many advanced biological studies that simply can't be replicated by Artificial Intelligence. Field studies could require traveling and sorts, and there's no way computers can do that.
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:] 4 months ago
I don't think AI could ever care for animals because of their different needs and changing patterns.
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Lucy (No chance) 4 months ago
A robot cannot care for an animal in the wild, animals are too unpredictable
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Étienne Pinsonneault (Low) 5 months ago
While humans keep finding better and alternative methods to study animals, AI, which is trained on already existing things only, cannot create new methods, and thus cannot discover new species. However, there is still a chance that it may happen for some parts of the job that are repetitive and the same thing over and over again. And for the physical part of going out into the wild, robots are NOT advanced enough to do all of that movement and to know where to go next.
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Anonymous (Uncertain) 6 months ago
It's essentially researching, and AI has been learning more and more.
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Viktor (Low) 9 months ago
I voted low because you can not replace taking care of animals or studying animals with AI. Humans can somewhat understand animals and how they act, but I don't think AI think be able to feel empathy or care for animals like humans do.
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ez (No chance) 1 year ago
because the animals deserve love and care not just being left to be care by robots with no feelings for the animals
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No comment (No chance) 2 years ago
This job requires a lot of thinking on your feet which AI is not good at.
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Stacy Fordyce 3 years ago
in 2020-2021 its very possible but I doubt that some robots are going to take over biology because they need human to create them and give them the info to do that. So really its all the human that study the wild life then give the robots info if you think about it.
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Bryson Levake 1 year ago
I’m seeing this in 2023😂
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Unknown (No chance) 3 years ago
Robots and animals don't mix. Animals are living and wild, robots are tech and man made and we shouldn’t replace them.
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Deyah (No chance) 3 years ago
No way of replacing wildlife rangers with robots, because we all know robots can't nurture animals, their habitats as well as we can do it with more compassion
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bill 4 years ago
robots are very good at collecting data but are really only good at doing one thing it could require many robots just to study in many fields and many robots to study the traits of the millions of organisms but technology is advancing at a quick rate so they might take over in the simpler areas
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Jack Carroll (No chance) 4 years ago
Robots will need maintenance as well as the animals so no
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Sam Holiday (Low) 5 years ago
Robots can't really have a connection with animals.
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Alex (No chance) 5 years ago
A field that requires flexible thought processes, where a project may not have an easily definable goal at the outset or need to have it's aims adjusted on the fly.
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