Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

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Will "Industrial-Organizational Psychologists" be replaced by AI & Robots?

There is very little chance of this occupation being replaced by robots/AI. This is further validated by our poll, which suggests a 26% chance of automation within the next 2 decades.

Automation Risk Level

Totally Safe

or 1.2% probability of automation

Projected Growth

19%

by 2024

People Employed

630

as of 2019

Median Annual Wage

$92,880

or $44.65 hourly

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How this compares with other jobs: 57 out of 707

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Job description

Apply principles of psychology to human resources, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to organize the work setting to improve worker productivity.

SOC Code: 19-3032

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Grant (Likely) says

Ability for neural networks to make the same statistical predictions as IO psychologists will render the practice obsolete.

Oct 22, 2019 at 04:33 PM

Milisa Mpeta (Could go either way) says

I think there can never be a chance whereby a robot will be able to maintain communication within the organisation as it requires one to have a deeper understanding about human behaviour, even though they may be programmed in such as way to monitor them.

Aug 20, 2019 at 01:26 PM