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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Health Physicist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #175 of 702. Estimated risk: 10.0%

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

60%

“Health Physicist” 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 60% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

28%

“Health Physicist” will almost certainly not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 28% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Physicists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories.

Avg. Annual Salary $166,000
Avg. Hourly Wage $79.81
Available Jobs (US) 21,340
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Physicists #19-2012
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Physicists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Observe the structure and properties of matter, and the transformation and propagation of energy, using equipment such as masers, lasers, and telescopes, to explore and identify the basic principles governing these phenomena.

  • Report experimental results by writing papers for scientific journals or by presenting information at scientific conferences.

  • Design computer simulations to model physical data so that it can be better understood.

  • Collaborate with other scientists in the design, development, and testing of experimental, industrial, or medical equipment, instrumentation, and procedures.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

  • Analyze data from research conducted to detect and measure physical phenomena.

  • Teach physics to students.

  • Perform complex calculations as part of the analysis and evaluation of data, using computers.

  • Develop theories and laws on the basis of observation and experiments, and apply these theories and laws to problems in areas such as nuclear energy, optics, and aerospace technology.

Technologies & Software

  • Linux
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Lenox Softworks VideoPoint
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Oracle Java
  • CERN ROOT
  • Database application software
  • JavaScript
  • Microsoft Azure software
  • Radiation dose calculation software
  • SQLite
  • Microsoft Word
  • Canu
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Perplexity AI
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Python
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Maplesoft Maple
  • Spectral Dynamics STAR
  • Systat Software SigmaPlot
  • Video analysis software
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Structured query language SQL
  • GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Scite AI
  • Wolfram Research Mathematica
  • Gemini (Google)
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • Scribus
  • Criss Software XRF11
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • Gnuplot
  • UNIX
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Sun Microsystems Java
  • Software development tools
  • C++
  • C
  • xv
  • Microsoft Excel
  • GNU Octave
  • Eclipse IDE
  • Microsoft Access
  • Dose modeling software
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Consensus
  • Microsoft Visual J++
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • VMware
  • Oracle Database
  • Ansible software
  • Vector Fields OPERA-3d
  • Perl
  • Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System EPICS
  • DeepSeek
  • Git
  • Pascal
  • RibbonSoft QCad
  • Statistical software
  • OriginLab Origin
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Elicit
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Adobe Audition
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Xfig
  • RSI interactive data language IDL software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP system
  • Puppet
  • SciLab
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • CERN Physics Analysis Workstation PAW
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • Ploticus
  • Spectroscopy software
  • SciGraphica
  • REDUCE
  • Aptech Systems GAUSS
  • Synergy Software KaleidaGraph
  • MySQL
  • OpenStack
  • Photon counting systems
  • Cavity dumpers or drivers
  • Analytical balances
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Photometer
  • High vacuum equipment
  • Single frequency dye lasers
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Optical tables
  • Laboratory box furnaces
  • Diode lasers
  • Digital multimeters
  • Particle counters
  • Conditioning amplifiers
  • Nanovoltmeters
  • Magnetic force microscopes
  • X ray crystallography equipment
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Radiation detecting film badges
  • Scanning monochromators
  • Gamma ray spectrometers
  • Electron microscopes
  • Scintillation probes
  • Photodetectors
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Pistonphones
  • Betatrons
  • Liquid helium level sensors
  • Grating monochromators
  • Cyclotrons
  • Zeeman split lasers
  • Digital plotters
  • Radiofrequency RF generators
  • Gas chromatography GC injectors
  • High intensity UV sources
  • Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
  • High-energy accelerators
  • Galvanostats
  • Gaussmeters
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Power amplifiers
  • Headspace autosamplers
  • Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
  • Diffusion pumps
  • Atomic emission detectors AED
  • Desktop computers
  • Analog sound level meters
  • Laboratory electromagnets
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Digital oscilloscopes
  • Friction-force microscopes
  • Surface profilometers
  • Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems
  • Neutron detectors
  • Spring scales
  • Optical tweezers
  • Turbo-pumped vacuum systems
  • Function generators
  • Monochromators
  • Capacitance bridges
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Light scattering devices
  • Annealing furnaces
  • Interferometers
  • Prism spectrometers
  • Optical detectors
  • Vernier force sensors
  • Argon ion lasers
  • High-resolution spectrometers
  • Optical choppers
  • Accelerometers
  • Personal computers
  • Ionization chambers
  • Sound intensity probes
  • Arbitrary function generators
  • Cryostats
  • Pinhole filters
  • High-speed video cameras
  • Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
  • Isotope ratio mass spectrometers
  • Laser power meters
  • Helium lasers
  • Laboratory tube furnaces
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Geiger-Muller counters
  • Mickelson interferometers
  • Two-channel network analyzers
  • Helium refrigerators
  • Vibration exciters
  • Two-channel dynamic signal analyzers
  • Semiconductor parameter analyzers
  • Microwave interferometers
  • Diffusion-pumped vacuum systems
  • Double monochromators
  • High-resolution semiconductor detectors
  • Vacuum stations
  • Programmable phase modulators
  • Signal generators
  • Spectrum analyzers
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Computed tomography CT scanners
  • Two-channel fast Fourier transform FFT analyzers
  • Pulsed nitrogen lasers
  • Leak detection equipment
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Big G torsion balances
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Laptop computers
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Multiple diode lasers
  • Linear accelerators
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Safety goggles
  • X ray photoemission spectrometers
  • Portable fast Fourier transform FFT analyzers
  • Vibrating sample magnetometers
  • Positive ion accelerators
  • Analog frequency analyzers
  • Telescopes
  • Digital sound level meters
  • Thermoluminescent dosimeters

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