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Occupation · 2026 assessment

Sustainable development Systems Designer

The Sustainable development Systems Designer role combines repeatable operations with decisions that require professional context. The index measures task exposure to AI, software automation and robotics—not the probability that the occupation disappears.

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How risk may change

A forecast estimate, not a guaranteed scenario.

26%2026
32%2028
39%2030
48%2035

Which tasks are exposed

Risk applies to individual tasks—not to a person or an entire occupation.

TaskRisk
Generating initial concept variants53%
Adapting an approved solution to formats49%
Selecting visual language and defending the concept18%
Searching and organizing scientific literature49%
Cleaning and preprocessing data48%
Standard statistical analysis45%
Generating hypotheses and experiment options38%
Conducting a non-standard experiment8%

Task map

AI replaces ↔ AI augments

Each task is positioned by AI capability and the degree of human involvement still required.

  1. 1Generating initial concept variantsAI 53% · human 72%
  2. 2Adapting an approved solution to formatsAI 49% · human 65%
  3. 3Selecting visual language and defending the conceptAI 18% · human 86%
  4. 4Searching and organizing scientific literatureAI 49% · human 72%
  5. 5Cleaning and preprocessing dataAI 48% · human 78%
  6. 6Standard statistical analysisAI 45% · human 72%
  7. 7Generating hypotheses and experiment optionsAI 38% · human 69%
  8. 8Conducting a non-standard experimentAI 8% · human 92%

Why technology can change this work

  • AI accelerates pattern discovery and experimental analysis
  • laboratory platforms automate repetitive procedures
  • models generate hypotheses and candidate materials or molecules

What protects the occupation

  • framing meaningful research questions
  • causality and evidence-quality assessment
  • a large share of value comes from human judgement, trust or personal accountability
  • methodological and interpretive accountability

United States · before tax

Average pay and outlook

Estimated nominal monthly pay. The scenario reflects sector, demand and task resilience; it is not a guarantee of income.

2026$8 150per month
2035$11 000scenario estimate
2026: $8 15020262027: $8 45020272028: $8 70020282029: $9 00020292030: $9 30020302031: $9 65020312032: $9 95020322033: $10 30020332034: $10 65020342035: $11 0002035
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Practical next step

Where to move next

Do not restart from zero: carry your experience forward and add scarce skills.

Data Analyst

Established resilient role
New role risk51%
DemandHighDifficultyMediumTime6–12 monthsSkill fit72%

Model Behavior Analyst

Emerging role
New role risk19%
DemandHighDifficultyMediumTime6–12 monthsSkill fit70%

Climate Risk Modeler

Emerging role
New role risk16%
DemandHighDifficultyLowTime3–6 monthsSkill fit85%

Environmental Digital Twin Specialist

Emerging role
New role risk14%
DemandHighDifficultyLowTime3–6 monthsSkill fit83%

AI Evaluation Engineer

Emerging role
New role risk16%
DemandHighDifficultyMediumTime6–12 monthsSkill fit64%

Materials Discovery Specialist

Emerging role
New role risk13%
DemandHighDifficultyLowTime3–6 monthsSkill fit81%

Job search and transitions

Find work with a lower risk index

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Environmental Digital Twin Specialist

Skill fit 83% · risk 14%

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Skills you already have

  • research methodology
  • critical analysis
  • experimental work
  • data interpretation

Skills to build

  • computational methods
  • laboratory automation
  • reproducible research
  • scientific AI-model validation
CurrentSustainable development Systems Designer · 26%
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Keepresearch methodology · critical analysis · experimental work
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Addcomputational methods · laboratory automation · reproducible research

Sources and update

Updated: 2026-09-25 · Assessment confidence: Medium

International Labour Organization · 2025Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure

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World Economic Forum · 2025The Future of Jobs Report 2025

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O*NET Resource Center · 2026O*NET Database

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