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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Microbiologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Microbiologist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Microbiologist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Microbiologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Avg. Annual Salary $95,200
Avg. Hourly Wage $45.77
Available Jobs (US) 19,760
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Microbiologists #19-1022
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Microbiologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Prepare technical reports and recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

  • Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.

  • Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

  • Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.

  • Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

  • Use a variety of specialized equipment, such as electron microscopes, gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.

  • Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens, and toxins.

  • Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.

  • Monitor and perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection.

  • Provide laboratory services for health departments, community environmental health programs, and physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.

  • Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

  • Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.

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  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • Multiplate readers
  • Drying ovens
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  • Water sample collection containers
  • Coplin jars
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • Shaking incubators
  • Protective gloves
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Recording thermometers
  • Raman spectrometers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Micromanipulators
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Vortex mixers
  • Microscope slides
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • French presses
  • Laser printers
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Multiwell trays
  • Petri dishes
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Personal computers
  • Colony counters
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Impedance meters
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • Hybridization ovens
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Helium-neon lasers
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Freeze dryers
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Thermocyclers
  • Floor shakers
  • Osmometers
  • Pipette pumps
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • Electroporators
  • Inoculating loops
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Sonicators
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • Precision pan balances
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • Bioreactors
  • Bubble counters
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Safety shoes
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Autoclaves
  • Test tube racks
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Liquid impingers
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • Rotator mixers
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Serology rotators
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Culture bottles
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Respirators
  • Staining dishes
  • Micro balances
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Heating stirplates
  • Micropipettes
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • Argon lasers
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • Safety glasses
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Steroclaves
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Bacticinerators
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Transilluminators
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • pH meters
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Culture tubes
  • Conductivity meters
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Laboratory beakers
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Microcentrifuges

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