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AI Safe Jobs: Which Careers Are Least Likely to Be Replaced?
Some jobs are far more protected from AI. See which roles are safest and why.
Assessments
592
Average score
62.4%
Tracked roles
84
Low-risk work has a pattern too
Not all jobs are equally exposed to AI.
While some roles are highly automatable, others remain difficult to replace.
This page highlights jobs with the lowest exposure based on real assessment data.
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Jobs least likely to be replaced by AI
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| Rank | Job title | Industry | Average replaceability | Risk level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mental Health / Therapy | Healthcare & Medical | 31.3% 3 samples | Low |
| 2 | Nursing | Healthcare & Medical | 31.5% 4 samples | Low |
| 3 | Surgery | Healthcare & Medical | 31.7% 3 samples | Low |
| 4 | Emergency Medicine | Healthcare & Medical | 32.8% 4 samples | Low |
| 5 | Professor | Education & Research | 37% 2 samples | Low |
| 6 | Electrician | Skilled Trades & Field Work | 37.3% 7 samples | Low |
| 7 | Psychologist | Healthcare & Medical | 38% 4 samples | Low |
| 8 | Plumber | Skilled Trades & Field Work | 38.5% 2 samples | Low |
| 9 | General Practice | Healthcare & Medical | 39.1% 7 samples | Low |
| 10 | Biotech | Healthcare & Medical | 39.8% 4 samples | Low |
| 11 | Personal Trainer | Healthcare & Medical | 40% 2 samples | Medium |
| 12 | Radiology | Healthcare & Medical | 42.6% 5 samples | Medium |
| 13 | Intelligence Analysis | Government & Public Sector | 45% 3 samples | Medium |
| 14 | Truck Driving | Transportation & Logistics | 46.4% 5 samples | Medium |
| 15 | Other | Other | 46.7% 3 samples | Medium |
| 16 | K-12 Teaching | Education & Research | 47.8% 4 samples | Medium |
| 17 | Social Worker | Government & Public Sector | 47.8% 4 samples | Medium |
| 18 | Architecture | Engineering & Architecture | 48.4% 5 samples | Medium |
| 19 | Scientific Research | Education & Research | 48.6% 8 samples | Medium |
| 20 | Academic Research | Education & Research | 48.7% 3 samples | Medium |
Showing top 20 matching roles out of 84.
Why some jobs are hard to replace
Protection comes from the difficult parts of work
Jobs are more protected when they require human trust and accountability, physical presence, complex decision-making, creative problem-solving, and scarce or licensed skills.
Trust-critical work averages 47.9%.
Rare-skill work averages 46.2%.
What safe jobs have in common
Safe work resists standardization
Low-risk roles typically involve high human interaction, require judgment rather than just execution, depend on context and unpredictability, and cannot be easily standardized.
Lower-automation work averages 46.8%.
What makes a job less safe
Exposure rises when work gets easy to template
Repetition
When the same actions happen over and over, automation improves quickly.
Predictability
The easier the outcome is to forecast, the easier it is to standardize.
Measurable outputs
Low-trust work averages 85.9%.
Structured workflows
High-automation work averages 69.3%.
Is your job safe from AI?
Your title might look safe. Your task mix may not.
Your job may seem safe. But your actual work may tell a different story.
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