Career Rankings

Career rankings drawn from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2023 release and the O*NET 30.0 database. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2023 release, more than 1,000 detailed U.S. occupations were tracked across 150,000,000 wage and salary workers, and the O*NET 30.0 database from the U.S. Department of Labor catalogs more than 900 occupational profiles. See our methodology.

Most At-Risk from AI

Occupations with the highest AI exposure scores — most likely to be disrupted by automation.

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  1. 1 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 95%
  2. 2 Billing and posting clerks 88%
  3. 3 Accountants and auditors 87%
  4. 4 Office clerks, general 84%
  5. 5 Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants 83%

Safest from AI

Occupations with the lowest AI exposure scores — most resilient to automation.

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  1. 1 Helpers--electricians 5%
  2. 2 Physicians, all other 11%
  3. 3 Manufactured building and mobile home installers 11%
  4. 4 Pediatricians, general 13%
  5. 5 Electricians 13%

Fastest Growing

Occupations with the highest projected employment growth through 2034.

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  1. 1 Wind turbine service technicians +49.9%
  2. 2 Solar photovoltaic installers +42.1%
  3. 3 Nurse practitioners +40.1%
  4. 4 Data scientists +33.5%
  5. 5 Information security analysts +28.5%

Fastest Declining

Occupations with the largest projected employment declines through 2034.

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  1. 1 Word processors and typists -36.1%
  2. 2 Roof bolters, mining -34.2%
  3. 3 Telephone operators -27.5%
  4. 4 Switchboard operators, including answering service -26.3%
  5. 5 Data entry keyers -25.9%

Highest Paying

Occupations with the highest median annual wages.

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  1. 1 Family medicine physicians $238,380
  2. 2 General internal medicine physicians $236,350
  3. 3 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers $226,600
  4. 4 Dentists, all other specialists $225,770
  5. 5 Nurse anesthetists $223,210

High Pay + Growing

High-paying occupations that are also projected to grow — best of both worlds.

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  1. 1 Family medicine physicians $238,380
  2. 2 General internal medicine physicians $236,350
  3. 3 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers $226,600
  4. 4 Dentists, all other specialists $225,770
  5. 5 Nurse anesthetists $223,210

Largest Occupations

Occupations with the largest current employment totals.

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  1. 1 Home health and personal care aides 4.3M
  2. 2 Retail salespersons 3.9M
  3. 3 Fast food and counter workers 3.8M
  4. 4 General and operations managers 3.7M
  5. 5 Registered nurses 3.4M