Geoscientists

(Except Hydrologists and Geographers)

AUTOMATION RISK

CALCULATED

20%

risk level

POLLING

32%

Based on 170 votes

LABOR DEMAND

GROWTH

5.0%

by year 2032

WAGES

$92,580

or $44.51 per hour

Volume

24,620

as of 2023

SUMMARY

JOB SCORE

6.6/10

20% (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.

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Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers' was $92,580, or $44 per hour

'Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers' were paid 92.6% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

Comments

Ajdin (Low) 25 days ago

Whilst AI or just simply computers play a crucial role in the industry, the human factor is definitely here to stay

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N.M. (Low) 25 days ago

It requires doing things that I believe robots will not be advanced enough to do in 20 years.

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Eliana (No chance) 1 year ago

to be a geoscientist you need to travel in the field, collect rocks, analyze sequences, understand and interpret what are you seeing. Maybe AI can help, but you really need to build a full terminator to replace a geologist.

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Rui Bernardino (No chance) 1 year ago

Geologists don't work with numbers, they work with human common sense, theoretical geology ofen doesn't apply in the real world, so you can program a robot that knows everything and it will be dumbfounded when it finds a yellow basalt (yes they exist). Some tasks we do may be automated, sutch as calculations and rock thin section descriptions, that will only allow us to be more productive and focous on the aspects that really matter. There is no replacement for human geometric thinking and thus no way geologists will be replaced by robots

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Moyin Ade 3 years ago

As a student Geologist I agree but I think you’ll still need a Geologist to program the robot. Even in Car manufacturing assembly line still has engineers. Correct/advise me if I’m wrong.👍

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Faisal Ali 4 years ago

When your talking about a (Geologist) this occupation isn't really going to be ''automated'' cause' this work needs to be done by a human not really by computerized bots. I disagree with that but let's say an archaeologist place it'll be possible to replace the work of an archaeologist by AI cause recently AI has discovered some archaeological data that was yrs ago.

I believe that this occupation will still live. It will not most likely be taken by AI I'm 100% confident.

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E 4 years ago

Paleontologists probably not. While robots can have extreme precision, humans can see things which AI programs can't

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leo 3 years ago

AI can see things that human can't see, not the opposite.

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