RU

Occupation · 2026 assessment

Analytical Chemist

The Analytical Chemist 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.

Low risk level Search jobs ↗
How risk may change

A forecast estimate, not a guaranteed scenario.

30%2026
36%2028
42%2030
51%2035

Which tasks are exposed

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

TaskRisk
Cleaning, joining and preparing data54%
Creating standard reports and visualizations52%
Forming conclusions and checking causality24%
Searching and organizing scientific literature53%
Cleaning and preprocessing data52%
Standard statistical analysis49%
Generating hypotheses and experiment options42%
Conducting a non-standard experiment10%

Task map

AI replaces ↔ AI augments

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

  1. 1Cleaning, joining and preparing dataAI 54% · human 61%
  2. 2Creating standard reports and visualizationsAI 52% · human 62%
  3. 3Forming conclusions and checking causalityAI 24% · human 79%
  4. 4Searching and organizing scientific literatureAI 53% · human 68%
  5. 5Cleaning and preprocessing dataAI 52% · human 74%
  6. 6Standard statistical analysisAI 49% · human 68%
  7. 7Generating hypotheses and experiment optionsAI 42% · human 65%
  8. 8Conducting a non-standard experimentAI 10% · human 89%

Why technology can change this work

  • AI automatically drafts analyses, finds correlations and explains standard deviations
  • AI accelerates pattern discovery and experimental analysis
  • laboratory platforms automate repetitive procedures
  • models generate hypotheses and candidate materials or molecules

What protects the occupation

  • choosing the right question and checking causality rather than correlation alone
  • framing meaningful research questions
  • a large share of value comes from human judgement, trust or personal accountability
  • causality and evidence-quality assessment
  • 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 250per month
2035$11 150scenario estimate
2026: $8 25020262027: $8 55020272028: $8 80020282029: $9 10020292030: $9 45020302031: $9 75020312032: $10 10020322033: $10 45020332034: $10 80020342035: $11 1502035
Find jobs ↗The partner link may contain referral parameters. Data benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ↗

Practical next step

Where to move next

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

AI Evaluation Engineer

Emerging role
New role risk16%
DemandHighDifficultyMediumTime6–12 monthsSkill fit72%

Climate Risk Modeler

Emerging role
New role risk16%
DemandHighDifficultyLowTime3–6 monthsSkill fit87%

Environmental Digital Twin Specialist

Emerging role
New role risk14%
DemandHighDifficultyLowTime3–6 monthsSkill fit85%

Materials Discovery Specialist

Emerging role
New role risk13%
DemandHighDifficultyLowTime3–6 monthsSkill fit83%

Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer

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

Synthetic Biology Process Engineer

Emerging role
New role risk14%
DemandHighDifficultyLowTime3–6 monthsSkill fit81%

Job search and transitions

Find work with a lower risk index

Compare adjacent paths and open a current search for the selected occupation.

Environmental Digital Twin Specialist

Skill fit 85% · risk 14%

Search jobs ↗

Skills you already have

  • analytical question framing
  • metric interpretation
  • research methodology
  • critical analysis
  • experimental work
  • data interpretation

Skills to build

  • SQL and data preparation
  • visualization and forecasting
  • computational methods
  • laboratory automation
  • reproducible research
  • scientific AI-model validation
CurrentAnalytical Chemist · 30%
→
Keepanalytical question framing · metric interpretation · research methodology
→
AddSQL and data preparation · visualization and forecasting · computational methods

Sources and update

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

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

Nearly 30,000 tasks; a global assessment of GenAI exposure across detailed occupational groups.

World Economic Forum · 2025The Future of Jobs Report 2025

A survey of more than 1,000 employers representing over 14 million workers across 55 economies.

O*NET Resource Center · 2026O*NET Database

Occupational, task, skill and work-context structure.