Can AI Replace Animal Scientists in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 77% of today's animal scientists tasks by 2036, and there is a 39% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

40%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

15% 2030 · 39% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

1.9 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Animal Caretakers7% risk by 2036 Animal Breeders10% risk by 2036 Animal Control Workers14% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Write up or orally communicate research findings to the scientific community, producers, and the public".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials".Get visibly better at your human core: "Crossbreed animals with existing strains or cross strains to obtain new combinations of desirable characteristics".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Animal Caretakers.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Animal Caretakers — 7% chance of contraction by 2036
Animal Breeders — 10% chance of contraction by 2036
Animal Control Workers — 14% chance of contraction by 2036

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Biologists · Biological Technicians · Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers · Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

Based on 9 O*NET tasks for "Animal Scientists" (SOC 19-1011.00). LLM alone: 13% of tasks; with AI tools: 94%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10