Environmental Engineers
Life, Physical & Social SciencesAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.036
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.38
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 48% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.17-2081 | 0.0200100.0 | 0.0100100.0 |
Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.17-2081 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.17-2081 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.17-2081 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.17-2081 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 24 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures. | —0 | —0 |
Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability. | —0 | —0 |
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs. | —0 | —0 |
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations. | —0 | —0 |
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties. | —0 | —0 |
Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment. | —0 | —0 |
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land. | —0 | —0 |
Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration. | —0 | —0 |
Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste. | —0 | —0 |
Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work. | —0 | —0 |
Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications. | —0 | —0 |
Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions. | —0 | —0 |
Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources. | —0 | —0 |
Request bids from suppliers or consultants. | —0 | —0 |
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development. | —0 | —0 |
Design, or supervise the design of, systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality. | —0 | —0 |
Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects. | —0 | —0 |
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues. | —0 | —0 |
Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems. | —0 | —0 |
Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities. | —0 | —0 |
Attend professional conferences to share information. | —0 | —0 |
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.O*NET Task ID 1372 | 1.0 |
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.O*NET Task ID 1383 | 1.0 |
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.O*NET Task ID 19626 | 1.0 |
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.O*NET Task ID 20197 | 1.0 |
Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.O*NET Task ID 1366 | 0.5 |
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.O*NET Task ID 1368 | 0.5 |
Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.O*NET Task ID 1369 | 0.5 |
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.O*NET Task ID 1370 | 0.5 |
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.O*NET Task ID 1371 | 0.5 |
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.O*NET Task ID 1373 | 0.5 |
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.O*NET Task ID 1388 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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