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
Show 47 hidden tasks| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Analyze and recommend chemical, biological, or other wastewater treatment methods to prepare water for industrial or domestic use.17-2081 | 0.006320.1 |
Design water run-off collection networks, water supply channels, or water supply system networks.17-2081 | 0.006019.2 |
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.17-2081 | 0.004313.8 |
Analyze the efficiency of water delivery structures, such as dams, tainter gates, canals, pipes, penstocks, or cofferdams.17-2081 | 0.004013.0 |
Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.17-2081 | 0.003511.3 |
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.17-2081 | 0.00268.4 |
Perform hydraulic analyses of water supply systems or water distribution networks to model flow characteristics, test for pressure losses, or to identify opportunities to mitigate risks and improve operational efficiency.17-2081 | 0.00257.9 |
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.17-2081 | 0.00206.3 |
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 |
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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