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Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions

Work context · O*NET

Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions is a work-context dimension in the O*NET database — one of the standardized conditions O*NET uses to describe the environment a job is done in , grouped under Physical Work Conditions. O*NET defines it by asking workers: "How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?." It is rated for 893 occupations, which average 2.31 out of 5 (moderate relative to other context dimensions).

How it's measured

O*NET rates each occupation on this dimension on a 1–5 context-importance scale (the CX scale), where higher means the condition is a more frequent or more central part of the work. The figures on this page are those occupation-level ratings — a description of working conditions as workers report them, not a judgment about pay, difficulty, or whether a job is "good."

Economy-wide average 2.31 / 5 Mean across all 893 rated occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–5.00 Lowest to highest occupation rating (spread 4.00)
Intensity vs. other dimensions 43rd pct Where this dimension's average ranks among all O*NET work-context dimensions

Occupations where it's highest

The occupations that rate this condition strongest on the 1–5 scale.

Occupation Rating Score
Driver/Sales Workers 5.00
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 5.00
Meter Readers, Utilities 5.00
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 5.00
Sailors and Marine Oilers 5.00
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 5.00
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 4.99
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 4.99
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 4.98
Parking Enforcement Workers 4.98
Pile Driver Operators 4.98
Roofers 4.98
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 4.98
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 4.97
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas 4.97
Wellhead Pumpers 4.97
Log Graders and Scalers 4.96
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 4.95
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators 4.95
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 4.95
Fallers 4.94
Highway Maintenance Workers 4.94
Animal Control Workers 4.92
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters 4.92
Postal Service Mail Carriers 4.91

Occupations where it's lowest

The occupations that rate this condition weakest — where it is rarely part of the work.

Occupation Rating Score
Judicial Law Clerks 1.00
Manicurists and Pedicurists 1.00
Medical Assistants 1.00
Medical Dosimetrists 1.00
Medical Equipment Preparers 1.00
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 1.00
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 1.00
Medical and Health Services Managers 1.00
Neurodiagnostic Technologists 1.00
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 1.00
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 1.00
Optometrists 1.00
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1.00
Orthoptists 1.00
Pediatricians, General 1.00
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 1.00
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 1.00
Prosthodontists 1.00
Radiologists 1.00
Sewing Machine Operators 1.00
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 1.00
Telephone Operators 1.00
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Urologists 1.00
Watch and Clock Repairers 1.00

How AI is used by roles where outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions is central

A working condition is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the occupations where it is most central and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across the roles that rate this condition 3 or higher (CX-rating-weighted). 41.4% of the 251 occupations where this condition is present carry observed AI-usage data (104 roles).

Across those roles, 36.3% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 28.5% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.51 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 25.2% AI does it; you give the instruction
learning 19.2% you ask AI to explain or teach
task iteration 16.0% you and AI go back and forth
feedback loop 3.3% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback
validation 1.0% you do it; AI checks your work

Roles behind this signal

The occupations where this condition is most central and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Condition (1–5) Works with AI Autonomy
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.2 65.3% 4.0/5
Real Estate Sales Agents 3.3 62.2% 3.0/5
Civil Engineering Technicians 3.5 53.0% 4.0/5
Photographers 3.3 47.8% 4.0/5
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 3.1 45.6% 4.0/5
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 3.0 59.1% 4.0/5
Soil and Plant Scientists 3.9 85.1% 4.0/5
Coaches and Scouts 3.3 55.2% 4.0/5
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 5.0 18.5% 3.0/5
Real Estate Brokers 3.9 44.9% 3.0/5
Athletic Trainers 4.2 56.4% 4.0/5
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 3.0 49.0% 3.0/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. This is a role-weighted projection from AEI-linked occupations where this condition is central, not a direct measurement of AI use for the condition itself. Shares are weighted by how central the condition is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.

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. "Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/work-context/outdoors-exposed-to-all-weather-conditions

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Singulariki. (2026). Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/work-context/outdoors-exposed-to-all-weather-conditions

BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-outdoors-exposed-to-all-weather-conditions,
  title  = {Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/work-context/outdoors-exposed-to-all-weather-conditions}
}

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