# Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians

> SOC minor group 19-4000 within Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations — 16 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 19-4000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/life-physical-and-social-science-technicians
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 536,400.
- **Median wage:** $57,915.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 3.3%.
- **Annual openings:** 77.3.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 68th percentile (High) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Biological Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4021-00) — $52,000; 0th percentile overlap
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4099-00) — $60,130; 0th percentile overlap
- Quality Control Analysts (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4099-01) — $60,130; 0th percentile overlap
- Remote Sensing Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4099-03) — $60,130; 0th percentile overlap
- Chemical Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4031-00) — $57,790; 0th percentile overlap
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4042-00) — $49,490; 0th percentile overlap
- Social Science Research Assistants (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4061-00) — $58,040; 1st percentile overlap
- Forest and Conservation Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4071-00) — $54,310; 0th percentile overlap
- Forensic Science Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4092-00) — $67,440; 0th percentile overlap
- Agricultural Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4012-00) — $46,790; 1st percentile overlap
- Precision Agriculture Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4012-01) — $46,790; 1st percentile overlap
- Food Science Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4013-00) — $49,430; 0th percentile overlap
- Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4043-00) — $48,390; 0th percentile overlap
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4051-02) — $104,240; 0th percentile overlap
- Nuclear Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4051-00) — $104,240; 0th percentile overlap
- Hydrologic Technicians (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-4044-00) — $58,570; 1st percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/life-physical-and-social-science-technicians_