Jobs that use Thinking creatively

Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.

Occupation	Automation risk	Importance
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	1.8%	Quite important
Hospitalists	2%	Quite important
Naturopathic Physicians	2%	Quite important
Neurologists	3%	Quite important
Psychiatrists	3%	Quite important
Chief Executives	3%	Very important
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians	3%	Quite important
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	3%	Very important
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	4%	Quite important
Clergy	4%	Quite important
Allergists and Immunologists	4%	Quite important
Art Therapists	4%	Very important
Sports Medicine Physicians	4%	Quite important
Urologists	4%	Quite important
Recreational Therapists	4%	Very important
Nurse Midwives	4%	Quite important
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	5%	Quite important
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	5%	Quite important
Midwives	5%	Quite important
Music Therapists	5%	Very important
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	5%	Very important
Emergency Medicine Physicians	5%	Quite important
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	5%	Quite important
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School	6%	Quite important
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	6%	Very important
Podiatrists	6%	Quite important
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	6%	Quite important
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	6%	Very important
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	6%	Quite important
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	7%	Quite important
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7%	Very important
Acute Care Nurses	7%	Quite important
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	7%	Quite important
Critical Care Nurses	7%	Quite important
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	8%	Quite important
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	9%	Quite important
Preventive Medicine Physicians	9%	Quite important
Fish and Game Wardens	9%	Quite important
Recreation Workers	9%	Very important
Registered Nurses	9%	Quite important
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	9%	Very important
Physicists	9%	Very important
Epidemiologists	9%	Very important
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary	9%	Very important
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	9%	Very important
Anthropologists and Archeologists	9%	Very important
Chief Sustainability Officers	9%	Very important
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	9%	Quite important
Emergency Management Directors	9%	Quite important
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	9%	Very important
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	9%	Very important
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	10%	Very important
Water/Wastewater Engineers	10%	Quite important
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers	10%	Quite important
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	10%	Very important
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists	10%	Quite important
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	10%	Very important
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	10%	Very important
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	10%	Very important
Astronomers	10%	Very important