Atmospheric and Space Scientists

23% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.

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Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Atmospheric and Space Scientists' was $92,860, or $44 per hour

'Atmospheric and Space Scientists' were paid 93.2% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

Comments

whetherweather101 (Moderate) 12 months ago

AI will soon (and already is) predicting weather as or more accurately than human forecasters.

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Thomas (Highly likely) 2 years ago

I went to school for this. I think that computer processing power will increase over the years. When this happens, the grid cells of the model will become smaller (look up climate modeling). This has happened for decades now. Eventually, the grid cells of the model become so small that the errors in model forecasts will decrease leaving no need for humans to fix them. This doesn't apply to research scientists.

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atmospheric scientist contractor person (Uncertain) 3 years ago

There are many areas where AI could replace the work of scientists, but the adoption of new technology often lags behind what is seen in industry. This is partly due to the fact that this field is driven by government funding, which is often allocated inefficiently compared to the private sector. In addition, scientist salaries are low and require extensive schooling (Master's/PhD), so change is happening very slowly.

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Mike (No chance) 4 years ago

There is a difference between weather forecaster (already replaced) and atmospheric/space science.

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Chris (Moderate) 5 years ago

At least the weather forecasting side, automation has already taken over the job. Models are getting so much better and in the next decade it will likely be unnecessary to 'forecast' in the traditional sense.

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Nicholas 5 years ago

Forecasting is only a tiny part of what atmospheric and space scientist do. As space scientist I do not work with forecasting at all. Then given the poor amount of data, the result is also very poor.

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