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Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST

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Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST is a software tool tracked in the Analytical or scientific software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 6 occupations that together employ about 238,070 workers, with a median wage of $93,330.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 71st percentile for AI task-exposure (High) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Biologists 59,710 $93,330
Geneticists 59,710 $93,330
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 59,710 $93,330
Biochemists and Biophysicists 34,520 $103,650
Microbiologists 19,760 $87,330
Bioinformatics Technicians 4,660 $71,490
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 6 occupations in occupations that use Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Microbiologists Biochemists and Biophysicists Bioinformatics Technicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Analytical or scientific software category.

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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Plain

Singulariki. "Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST." 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/software/basic-local-alignment-search-tool-blast

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/basic-local-alignment-search-tool-blast

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-basic-local-alignment-search-tool-blast,
  title  = {Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/software/basic-local-alignment-search-tool-blast}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.