Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI

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Aug 1, 2025, 3:08:14 PM8/1/25
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All-Good info from Jonatan, see below:

 

Last night I finished reading Microsoft’s recent research study titled “Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI.” The study identifies the 40 occupations most at risk of being replaced by AI and the 40 occupations least at risk—based on AI applicability scores. Just some food for thought!

 

Top 40 Occupations with Highest AI Applicability Score (Most at Risk)

  • Advertising Sales Agents
  • Archivists
  • Broadcast Announcers and Radio DJs
  • Brokerage Clerks
  • Business Teachers, Postsecondary
  • CNC Tool Programmers
  • Concierges
  • Counter and Rental Clerks
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • Data Scientists
  • Demonstrators and Product Promoters
  • Economics Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Editors
  • Farm and Home Management Educators
  • Geographers
  • Historians
  • Hosts and Hostesses
  • Interpreters and Translators
  • Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Management Analysts
  • Market Research Analysts
  • Mathematicians
  • Models
  • New Accounts Clerks
  • News Analysts, Reporters, Journalists
  • Passenger Attendants
  • Personal Financial Advisors
  • Political Scientists
  • Proofreaders and Copy Markers
  • Public Relations Specialists
  • Public Safety Telecommunicators
  • Sales Representatives of Services
  • Statistical Assistants
  • Switchboard Operators
  • Technical Writers
  • Telemarketers
  • Telephone Operators
  • Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
  • Web Developers
  • Writers and Authors

Bottom 40 Occupations with Lowest AI Applicability Score (Least at Risk)

  • Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
  • Bridge and Lock Tenders
  • Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
  • Dishwashers
  • Dredge Operators
  • Embalmers
  • Floor Sanders and Finishers
  • Foundry Mold and Coremakers
  • Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
  • Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
  • Helpers–Painters, Plasterers
  • Helpers–Production Workers
  • Helpers–Roofers
  • Highway Maintenance Workers
  • Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
  • Logging Equipment Operators
  • Machine Feeders and Offbearers
  • Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
  • Massage Therapists
  • Medical Equipment Preparers
  • Motorboat Operators
  • Nursing Assistants
  • Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  • Orderlies
  • Packaging and Filling Machine Operators
  • Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
  • Phlebotomists
  • Pile Driver Operators
  • Plant and System Operators, All Other
  • Prosthodontists
  • Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
  • Roofers
  • Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
  • Ship Engineers
  • Supervisors of Firefighters
  • Surgical Assistants
  • Tire Builders
  • Tire Repairers and Changers
  • Water Treatment Plant and System Operators

Regards,

 

JONATAN MORALES, CWDP

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Alexandria/Arlington Regional Workforce Council

 

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