# Life Scientists

> SOC minor group 19-1000 within Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations — 18 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 19-1000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/life-scientists
- **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):** 664,690.
- **Median wage:** $86,320.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 4.1%.
- **Annual openings:** 52.5.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 83rd percentile (High) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1042-00) — $100,590; 1st percentile overlap
- Bioinformatics Scientists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1029-01) — $93,330; 0th percentile overlap
- Biological Scientists, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1029-00) — $93,330; 0th percentile overlap
- Biologists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1029-04) — $93,330; 0th percentile overlap
- Geneticists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1029-03) — $93,330; 0th percentile overlap
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1029-02) — $93,330; 0th percentile overlap
- Biochemists and Biophysicists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1021-00) — $103,650; 0th percentile overlap
- Conservation Scientists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1031-00) — $67,950; 0th percentile overlap
- Park Naturalists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1031-03) — $67,950; 0th percentile overlap
- Range Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1031-02) — $67,950; 0th percentile overlap
- Microbiologists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1022-00) — $87,330; 0th percentile overlap
- Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1023-00) — $72,860; 1st percentile overlap
- Soil and Plant Scientists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1013-00) — $71,410; 1st percentile overlap
- Food Scientists and Technologists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1012-00) — $85,310; 1st percentile overlap
- Epidemiologists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1041-00) — $83,980; 1st percentile overlap
- Foresters (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1032-00) — $70,660; 0th percentile overlap
- Life Scientists, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1099-00) — $87,800
- Animal Scientists (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-19-1011-00) — $79,120; 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-scientists_