Forensic Science Technicians

Life, Physical & Social Sciences

AI exposure

  • Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08

    High· relative

    LowFour relative bandsVery high

    Group-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

    Source dataset (XLSX download)

  • Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03

    0.000

    0.000Range of values carried here0.745
    Scale, basis and source

    Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published

    Mapped onto O*NET tasks

    Source dataset

  • Data source: ILOPublished: 2025

    0.26

    0.09Range of values carried here0.70

    Group-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, 76% score at or above this value.

    Source dataset

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

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.

TaskβE1 + 0.5 × E2
Keep records and prepare reports detailing findings, investigative methods, and laboratory techniques.

O*NET Task ID 18478

1.0
Testify in court about investigative or analytical methods or findings.

O*NET Task ID 1571

0.5
Interpret laboratory findings or test results to identify and classify substances, materials, or other evidence collected at crime scenes.

O*NET Task ID 1573

0.5
Reconstruct crime scenes to determine relationships among pieces of evidence.

O*NET Task ID 1580

0.5
Collect impressions of dust from surfaces to obtain and identify fingerprints.

O*NET Task ID 1582

0.5
Analyze gunshot residue and bullet paths to determine how shootings occurred.

O*NET Task ID 1583

0.5
Visit morgues, examine scenes of crimes, or contact other sources to obtain evidence or information to be used in investigations.

O*NET Task ID 1584

0.5
Examine physical evidence, such as hair, fiber, wood, or soil residues to obtain information about its source and composition.

O*NET Task ID 1585

0.5
Examine firearms to determine mechanical condition and legal status, performing restoration work on damaged firearms to obtain information, such as serial numbers.

O*NET Task ID 1587

0.5
Confer with ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, documents, electronics, medical, chemical, or metallurgical experts concerning evidence and its interpretation.

O*NET Task ID 1589

0.5
Operate and maintain laboratory equipment and apparatus.

O*NET Task ID 1574

0.0
Prepare solutions, reagents, or sample formulations needed for laboratory work.

O*NET Task ID 1575

0.0
Collect evidence from crime scenes, storing it in conditions that preserve its integrity.

O*NET Task ID 1577

0.0
Identify and quantify drugs or poisons found in biological fluids or tissues, in foods, or at crime scenes.

O*NET Task ID 1578

0.0
Train new technicians or other personnel on forensic science techniques.

O*NET Task ID 18481

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.

Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

Occupation information