AI Risk Rankings

Occupations ranked by AI automation risk, wages, employment, and projected growth.

💡 Data Entry Keyers and Telemarketers top our risk index at 92/100 — but they employ just 248,000 workers combined. The real concern is cashiers (88/100) with 3.3 million workers. See cashier profile →

🔴 Highest Risk

#	Occupation	Risk	Wage	Employment
1	Telemarketers	96	$34K	66,430
2	Data Entry Keyers	95	$40K	135,280
3	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	92	$38K	35,730
4	Order Clerks	90	$45K	83,420
5	Telephone Operators	89	$39K	3,950
6	Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	88	$55K	156,950
7	File Clerks	87	$41K	78,980
8	Word Processors and Typists	87	$48K	36,030
9	Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	86	$42K	11,850
10	New Accounts Clerks	86	$47K	38,030
11	Tellers	86	$39K	339,340
12	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	85	$44K	157,310
13	Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers	84	$35K	4,590
14	Procurement Clerks	83	$49K	59,900
15	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	82	$43K	857,630

🟢 Lowest Risk

#	Occupation	Risk	Wage	Employment
1	Dentists, All Other Specialists	13	$226K	5,900
2	Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers	16	$145K	1,122,770
3	Lawyers, Judges, and Related Workers	17	$144K	810,640
4	Engineers	20	$106K	1,746,750
5	Education Administrators, All Other	21	$89K	53,330
6	Social Scientists and Related Workers	21	$93K	279,960
7	Postsecondary Teachers	22	$82K	1,396,300
8	Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	22	$78K	151,530
9	Social Workers, All Other	22	$69K	64,940
10	Architectural and Engineering Managers	23	$168K	210,340
11	Artists and Related Workers, All Other	23	$73K	7,370
12	Fashion Designers	23	$81K	20,910
13	Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides	23	$62K	204,940
14	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	23	$59K	440,380
15	Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	23	$66K	1,495,580

💰 Highest Paying At-Risk (50+)

#	Occupation	Risk	Wage	Employment
1	Anesthesiologists	54	$239K	41,890
2	Emergency Medicine Physicians	54	$239K	33,680
3	Neurologists	50	$239K	7,700
4	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	54	$239K	19,900
5	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	50	$239K	12,110
6	Physicians, Pathologists	54	$239K	11,800
7	Radiologists	50	$239K	26,290
8	Compensation and Benefits Managers	59	$140K	20,070
9	Law Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$127K	22,800
10	Commercial Pilots	50	$123K	51,830
11	Nuclear Power Reactor Operators	79	$123K	5,720
12	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	51	$120K	12,420
13	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	56	$115K	16,230
14	Administrative Services Managers	55	$108K	254,140
15	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	57	$107K	9,180

👥 Largest Employment At-Risk (50+)

#	Occupation	Risk	Wage	Employment
1	Retail Salespersons	66	$35K	3,800,250
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers	64	$30K	3,780,930
3	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	51	$35K	3,632,290
4	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	53	$47K	3,195,900
5	Cashiers	79	$31K	3,148,030
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	54	$39K	2,982,530
7	Stockers and Order Fillers	60	$37K	2,779,530
8	Customer Service Representatives	64	$43K	2,725,930
9	Office Clerks, General	79	$44K	2,510,550
10	Waiters and Waitresses	62	$34K	2,302,690
11	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	58	$57K	2,070,480
12	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	73	$46K	1,737,820
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	54	$42K	1,457,800
14	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	79	$49K	1,455,770
15	Cooks, Restaurant	62	$37K	1,452,130

📉 Fastest Declining

#	Occupation	Risk	Wage	Employment
1	Word Processors and Typists	87	$48K	36,030
2	Roof Bolters, Mining	63	$77K	2,230
3	Telephone Operators	89	$39K	3,950
4	Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	92	$38K	35,730
5	Data Entry Keyers	95	$40K	135,280
6	Foundry Mold and Coremakers	53	$46K	12,720
7	Communications Equipment Operators	57	$39K	41,070
8	Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	76	$55K	1,570
9	Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining	70	$69K	6,130
10	Telemarketers	96	$34K	66,430
11	Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	86	$42K	11,850
12	Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	74	$53K	38,420
13	Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	79	$47K	5,310
14	Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75	$49K	8,760
15	Model Makers, Metal and Plastic	78	$63K	3,230

🌱 Safest & Growing (Risk ≤25)

#	Occupation	Risk	Wage	Employment
1	Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	23	$59K	440,380
2	Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides	23	$62K	204,940
3	Counselors, All Other	24	$50K	33,340
4	Engineers	20	$106K	1,746,750
5	Postsecondary Teachers	22	$82K	1,396,300
6	Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers	16	$145K	1,122,770
7	Fundraising Managers	24	$123K	36,920
8	Dentists, General	24	$173K	113,490
9	Lawyers, Judges, and Related Workers	17	$144K	810,640
10	Social Workers, All Other	22	$69K	64,940
11	Architectural and Engineering Managers	23	$168K	210,340
12	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	25	$62K	605,510
13	Social Scientists and Related Workers	21	$93K	279,960
14	Education Administrators, All Other	21	$89K	53,330
15	Fashion Designers	23	$81K	20,910