Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 340 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed 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 95% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Define regional or local transportation planning problems or priorities.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare reports or recommendations on transportation planning.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Collaborate with engineers to research, analyze, or resolve complex transportation design issues.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Recommend transportation system improvements or projects, based on economic, population, land-use, or traffic projections.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Develop computer models to address transportation planning issues.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Participate in public meetings or hearings to explain planning proposals, to gather feedback from those affected by projects, or to achieve consensus on project designs.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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