Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

Minimal Risk
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
14%
(Minimal Risk)
POLLING
21%
(Low Risk, Based on 451 votes)
Average: 17%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
4.4%
by year 2033
WAGES
$70,600
or $33.94 per hour
Volume
17,100
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
6.9/10
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14% (Minimal Risk)

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User poll

21% 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.

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

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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 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists' was 70.600 $, or 34 $ per hour

'Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists' were paid 46.9% higher than the national median wage, which stood at 48.060 $

Wages over time

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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

Comments (19)

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Thomas sangero (No chance)
11 Nov 2024 15:23
Because you need the human touch and skills (like being able to sneak and precice movement)
Clover (Low)
20 Sep 2024 17:42
An animal would barely act right around lets say a zookeeper, a robot would be crushed on the first day.
Paleoman77(I love Pooh) (Low)
13 Jul 2024 23:41
They have to have care for the animals, and the ability to improvise
Alex G.
07 Jul 2024 23:37
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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07 Jul 2024 10:31
I don't think AI could ever care for animals because of their different needs and changing patterns.
Lucy (No chance)
03 Jul 2024 20:20
A robot cannot care for an animal in the wild, animals are too unpredictable
Étienne Pinsonneault (Low)
01 Jul 2024 21:30
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.
Anonymous (Uncertain)
07 May 2024 18:25
It's essentially researching, and AI has been learning more and more.
Viktor (Low)
01 Mar 2024 18:08
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.
ez (No chance)
25 Jul 2023 04:31
because the animals deserve love and care not just being left to be care by robots with no feelings for the animals
No comment (No chance)
13 Jul 2022 02:55
This job requires a lot of thinking on your feet which AI is not good at.
Stacy Fordyce
24 May 2021 16:52
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.
Bryson Levake
31 Oct 2023 16:08
I’m seeing this in 2023😂
Unknown (No chance)
28 Feb 2021 16:50
Robots and animals don't mix. Animals are living and wild, robots are tech and man made and we shouldn’t replace them.
Deyah (No chance)
29 Nov 2020 04:40
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
bill
20 Oct 2020 04:26
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
Jack Carroll (No chance)
28 Aug 2020 15:40
Robots will need maintenance as well as the animals so no
Sam Holiday (Low)
09 Nov 2019 01:44
Robots can't really have a connection with animals.
Alex (No chance)
12 Sep 2019 09:28
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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