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Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Job family · SOC major group

Computer and Mathematical Occupations is one of the 23 SOC major groups — the top level of the U.S. Standard Occupational Classification, the official scheme every detailed occupation rolls up to. It contains 38 occupations employing about 10,499,610 people, with a median wage of $108,970 across its occupations. BLS projects employment in this family to change +10.4% between 2024 and 2034 , with roughly 744,700 openings a year.

Occupation groups in this family

This family divides into 2 SOC minor groups — tighter clusters of related occupations. Ranked by U.S. employment.

Occupations in this family

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 38 occupations in Computer and Mathematical Occupations. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer Network Support Specialists Computer User Support Specialists Information Security Analysts Network and Computer Systems Administrators Computer Systems Analysts Mathematicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Each occupation in this family with both an AI task-overlap score and a wage, plotted by task-overlap percentile (horizontal) and median-pay percentile (vertical). Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation.

Ranked by U.S. employment (BLS OEWS May 2024). Projected change is BLS 2024–34; AI exposure is the OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" human beta rating (share of an occupation's tasks where an LLM with tools could cut the time to do them by at least half).

Occupation Median pay Employment 2024–34 AI exposure
Software Developers $133,080 1,654,440 +15.8% 45%
Computer User Support Specialists $60,340 697,210 -3.7% 67%
Computer Systems Analysts $103,790 497,800 +8.7% 64%
Health Informatics Specialists $103,790 497,800 +8.7% 64%
Blockchain Engineers $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Computer Occupations, All Other $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Digital Forensics Analysts $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Document Management Specialists $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Information Security Engineers $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Information Technology Project Managers $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Penetration Testers $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Web Administrators $108,970 439,380 +8.2% 45%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators $96,800 318,570 -4.2% 51%
Business Intelligence Analysts $112,590 233,440 +33.5% 58%
Clinical Data Managers $112,590 233,440 +33.5% 58%
Data Scientists $112,590 233,440 +33.5% 58%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers $102,610 199,800 +10.0% 61%
Information Security Analysts $124,910 179,430 +28.5% 54%
Computer Network Architects $130,390 177,010 +11.9% 53%
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists $130,390 177,010 +11.9% 53%
Computer Network Support Specialists $73,340 146,450 +1.8% 54%
Video Game Designers $98,090 111,400 +7.0% 58%
Web and Digital Interface Designers $98,090 111,400 +7.0% 58%
Computer Programmers $98,670 109,870 -6.0% 68%
Operations Research Analysts $91,290 107,760 +21.5% 63%
Web Developers $90,930 78,860 +7.5% 63%
Database Administrators $104,620 73,180 -0.7% 60%
Data Warehousing Specialists $135,980 64,770 +8.7% 69%
Database Architects $135,980 64,770 +8.7% 69%
Computer and Information Research Scientists $140,910 38,480 +19.7% 50%
Biostatisticians $103,300 29,800 +8.5% 74%
Statisticians $103,300 29,800 +8.5% 74%
Actuaries $125,770 28,340 +21.8% 54%
Bioinformatics Technicians $71,490 4,660 +4.0% 65%
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other $71,490 4,660 +4.0% 65%
Mathematicians $121,680 2,220 -0.7% 69%

AI exposure across this family

Two published studies estimate how exposed each occupation is to AI. The OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" study rates the share of an occupation's tasks an LLM (with tools) could speed up by half or more; averaged across this family it is 57% — 98th percentile of the 23 families. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages 1.43 here.

Exposure measures where AI could assist tasks — it is not a prediction that these jobs will be automated. High exposure often means augmentation (faster work), and many high-exposure occupations are also projected to grow.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Computer and Mathematical Occupations." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/job-families/computer-and-mathematical-occupations

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