Sociologists
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
0.383
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.48
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, 21% 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 % |
|---|---|---|
Analyze and interpret data to increase the understanding of human social behavior.19-3041 | 0.130092.9 | —0 |
Explain sociological research to the general public.19-3041 | 0.01007.1 | —0 |
Collect data about the attitudes, values, and behaviors of people in groups, using observation, interviews, and review of documents.19-3041 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Consult with and advise individuals such as administrators, social workers, and legislators regarding social issues and policies, as well as the implications of research findings.19-3041 | 0.00000.0 | 0.00000.0 |
Prepare publications and reports containing research findings.19-3041 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
Develop, implement, and evaluate methods of data collection, such as questionnaires or interviews.19-3041 | 0.00000.0 | —0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 9 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. | ||
Plan and conduct research to develop and test theories about societal issues such as crime, group relations, poverty, and aging. | —0 | —0 |
Teach sociology. | —0 | —0 |
Direct work of statistical clerks, statisticians, and others who compile and evaluate research data. | —0 | —0 |
Collaborate with research workers in other disciplines. | —0 | —0 |
Develop approaches to the solution of groups' problems, based on research findings in sociology and related disciplines. | —0 | —0 |
Observe group interactions and role affiliations to collect data, identify problems, evaluate progress, and determine the need for additional change. | —0 | —0 |
Develop problem intervention procedures, using techniques such as interviews, consultations, role playing, and participant observation of group interactions. | —0 | —0 |
Present research findings at professional meetings. | —0 | —0 |
Write grants to obtain funding for research projects. | —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 |
|---|---|
Prepare publications and reports containing research findings.O*NET Task ID 5464 | 1.0 |
Collaborate with research workers in other disciplines.O*NET Task ID 5472 | 1.0 |
Analyze and interpret data to increase the understanding of human social behavior.O*NET Task ID 5465 | 0.5 |
Plan and conduct research to develop and test theories about societal issues such as crime, group relations, poverty, and aging.O*NET Task ID 5466 | 0.5 |
Collect data about the attitudes, values, and behaviors of people in groups, using observation, interviews, and review of documents.O*NET Task ID 5467 | 0.5 |
Develop, implement, and evaluate methods of data collection, such as questionnaires or interviews.O*NET Task ID 5468 | 0.5 |
Teach sociology.O*NET Task ID 5469 | 0.5 |
Direct work of statistical clerks, statisticians, and others who compile and evaluate research data.O*NET Task ID 5470 | 0.5 |
Consult with and advise individuals such as administrators, social workers, and legislators regarding social issues and policies, as well as the implications of research findings.O*NET Task ID 5471 | 0.5 |
Develop approaches to the solution of groups' problems, based on research findings in sociology and related disciplines.O*NET Task ID 5473 | 0.5 |
Develop problem intervention procedures, using techniques such as interviews, consultations, role playing, and participant observation of group interactions.O*NET Task ID 5475 | 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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