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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “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%

“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%

“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

  • Write research proposals to receive funding.

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

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

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

  • Teach physics to students.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.

Technologies & Software

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

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