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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Marine Biologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #240 of 702. Estimated risk: 30.0%

Directly assessed by researchers as unlikely to be automatable
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AI Exposure Risk

51%

“Marine Biologist” 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 51% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

41%

“Marine Biologist” 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 41% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management. May collect and analyze biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water habitats.

Avg. Annual Salary $77,920
Avg. Hourly Wage $37.46
Available Jobs (US) 16,920
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists #19-1023
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws, and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.

  • Collect and dissect animal specimens and examine specimens under microscope.

  • Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.

  • Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories, diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.

  • Organize and conduct experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings.

  • Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.

  • Conduct literature reviews.

  • Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.

  • Disseminate information by writing reports and scientific papers or journal articles, and by making presentations and giving talks for schools, clubs, interest groups and park interpretive programs.

  • Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.

  • Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.

  • Perform administrative duties, such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.

  • Develop, or make recommendations on, management systems and plans for wildlife populations and habitat, consulting with stakeholders and the public at large to explore options.

  • Prepare collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for species identification and study of development or disease.

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  • Snowmobiles
  • Jet skis
  • Salinity meters
  • Radio telemetry equipment
  • Sledgehammers
  • Animal traps
  • Egg candlers
  • Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
  • Nitrile gloves
  • Tree top peeper and video probe systems
  • Hard hats
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Specimen collection containers
  • Folsom plankton splitters
  • Animal transmitters
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
  • Sweeping nets
  • Compound microscopes
  • Safety glasses
  • Ekman dredges
  • Benthic samplers
  • Notebook computers
  • Water samplers
  • Archery bows
  • Leather gloves
  • Snorkels
  • Steam autoclaves
  • Desktop computers
  • Petri dishes
  • Secchi disks
  • Air compressors
  • Volumeters
  • Spotting scopes
  • Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
  • Clinometers
  • Spectrometers
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Bongo nets
  • Water pumps
  • Mesh sieves
  • Climbing belts
  • Axes
  • Dip net samplers
  • Conductivity meters
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Scintillation vials
  • Portable refractometers
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Dart guns
  • Plankton nets
  • Digital cameras
  • Laser hypsometers
  • D-ring nets
  • Spring scales
  • Foot snares
  • Vernier calipers
  • Light traps
  • Fish traps
  • Flow meters
  • pH meters
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Laboratory forceps
  • Culvert traps
  • Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
  • Field thermometers
  • Laboratory freezers
  • Small power boats
  • Micrometers
  • Dust masks
  • Rubber rafts
  • Metric measuring tapes
  • Stainless steel scalpel blades
  • Fume hoods
  • Gill nets
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Dissecting tools
  • Personal computers
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Counting chambers
  • Boat trailers
  • Compasses
  • Rulers
  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Canoes
  • Drying ovens
  • Odonata nets
  • Laboratory balances
  • Two way radios
  • Seines
  • Hand lenses
  • Aerial nets
  • Binoculars
  • Extension ladders
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Multiplate samplers
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
  • Tree corers
  • Monopan balances
  • Water thermometers
  • Mist nets
  • Dataloggers
  • Calorimeters
  • Laser printers
  • Jellyfish scoops
  • Sieve buckets

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