Microbiologists
The short answer
Parts of this job are expected to change. AI can already assist with some of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to hold steady over the next decade, with about 100 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth for how much AI could touch it—right around the middle.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 71% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Provide laboratory services for health departments, community environmental health programs, and physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Monitor and perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Use a variety of specialized equipment, such as electron microscopes, gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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What the move takes
Usually requires a bachelor's degree.
Getting ready typically takes two to four years.
Skills you already have
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New skills to build
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