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Health Education Specialists
preparing and distributing health education materials, collaborating with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs and developing, conducting. If that's your week, this page is about your job.
The honest answer
This job is splitting in two: documenting activities and recording information is work AI now does quickly and cheaply, and developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care is work it can't touch.
Which half fills your week decides your exposure. That is more in your control than it sounds.
Your week, as this page understands it
Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs. The job title says “health education specialists”. The real job is the part underneath: developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care. That is the thing someone has to be right about.
The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But health education specialists is not one task. It is 16 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care, and the ledger below shows exactly why.
Where the work sits, by task weight
- shifting to AI
- 39%
- changing shape
- 33%
- staying human
- 28%
These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.
Whole-job exposure score 55 out of 100 (49–61 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, across 16 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.
How we know this
What is measured: Every published task statement for health education specialists is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.
How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.
Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-05. Read the full method.
Your job, task by task
These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
Shifting to AI
6 tasksTasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.
Documenting activities and recording information
This is reading one thing and writing another: activities in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Recording activity counts and who was helped is routine documentation software handles reliably.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Preparing and distributing health education materials
This is reading one thing and writing another: health education materials in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 66 out of 100 (59–73 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Health education leaflets, reports and visual aids draw on abundant published material and are produced well by software, though distribution needs people.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Maintaining databases, mailing lists, telephone networks and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs
This is reading one thing and writing another: databases, mailing lists, telephone networks and other information in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Keeping databases, mailing lists and contact records current is exactly what software is built to do.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Developing operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services
This is reading one thing and writing another: operational plans in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Operational plans and policies follow documented templates and can be drafted to a usable standard.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Changing shape
6 tasksTasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.
Developing and maintaining health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies
The software now makes the first pass at health education libraries, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Building and maintaining a resource library is cataloguing work software does well, with some physical stock to manage.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Designing and conducting evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs
The software now makes the first pass at evaluations, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Evaluation design and analysis are well documented, though collecting the evidence often means going out to programmes.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Developing, conducting or coordinating health needs assessments and other public health surveys
The software now makes the first pass at health needs assessments, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 48 out of 100 (41–55 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Survey design and analysis suit software well, though collecting responses in a community still needs people.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Staying human
4 tasksTasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.
Developing and presenting health education and promotion programs
This work happens in the physical world: health education, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 20 out of 100 (13–27 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Workshop material is easy to draft, but running a session in a school or community means being there.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care
The value here is that a specific person handles cooperative working relationships and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 13 out of 100 (9–17 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Cooperative relationships between organizations are built and kept up by particular people over time.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Collaborating with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs
The value here is that a specific person handles health specialists and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Working out community health needs with local groups depends on what those groups will tell a trusted contact.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Show the other 6 tasks
Providing program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: program information in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related Web sites.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 85 out of 100 (81–89 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Press releases, campaign copy and website content are among the things software writes most convincingly.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Developing educational materials and programs for community agencies
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: educational materials in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · SupplementalSource: “Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 83 out of 100 (76–90 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Educational materials for public bodies draw on plentiful published health content that software adapts well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Providing guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at guidance, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · CoreSource: “Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Guidance material is easy to produce, but agencies act on advice from someone they know and trust.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Developing, preparing
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at grant applications, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 49 out of 100 (42–56 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Grant applications can be drafted, but tailoring one to a specific funder priorities still takes substantial rework.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Designing and administering training programs for new employees and continuing education for existing employees
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at programs, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · CoreSource: “Design and administer training programs for new employees and continuing education for existing employees.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 48 out of 100 (41–55 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Training programmes can be designed well from published material, though running them usually means being with the learners.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Supervising professional and technical staff in implementing health programs
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles professional and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 17 out of 100 (10–24 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Supervising staff delivering health programmes depends on knowing the team and the setting.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
What this job pays, and how many people do it
- Median pay
- $64,070a year, the middle of the range, so half earn more and half earn less.bls-oews, 2025 · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
How we know this
Source: bls-oews
Reference period: May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
Rounding: Shown as published.
- People doing this job
- 65,690in the US, 2025.bls-oews · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.
Why this is shifting
The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: health education materials in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: documenting activities and recording information and preparing and distributing health education materials. What it cannot do is be trusted in person, which is what cooperative working relationships run on: someone specific doing it and standing behind it. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.
Your move
Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend
Your week is splitting in two, and which half fills it is the whole question. Documenting activities and recording information is going; developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care is not.
So, given all that: 39% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 33% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 28% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 16 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.
The occupation is an average and you are not, so the first job below is finding out where your own week actually sits.
This week: one thing
Print the task ledger above and put your own hours next to each row. Roughly, in pen, in one sitting. Then look at which group your hours actually pile up in. Twenty minutes, this week.
- What you end up holding
- your own week, on one page, sorted into what is shifting and what is not
- How long it takes
- about twenty minutes
If printing it isn’t practical: Read the rows off this page and write the same list on the back of an envelope. Same twenty minutes, same page, and it works just as well said out loud to someone who knows the job. The point is your hours next to the rows, not the paper it is on.
Over the next 90 days
Volunteer toward the durable end, visibly. Over the next ninety days put your hand up for the work in the bottom group (developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care) and let people see you doing it. Not a new project: the same job, with your mix deliberately tilted. The point is that when the rota or the reorganisation comes, the version of you people picture is the one doing the part that stays.
Over the next 12 months
Claim a specialism at the durable end and let the other end go. Over a year, deliberately become the person who handles developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care, and deliberately stop being the first choice for the rows in the top group. That trade costs something, because the exposed work is often the comfortable work. Decide it on purpose rather than by drift. Before you pay for anything, use CareerOneStop - Find local training. It is free, it is the Labor Department's own service, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.
The roads out of here, and why I am not sending you down them
I looked at the obvious moves out of this job, and here is what I found.
I checked the 12 nearest US occupations to health education specialists (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was epidemiologists: only about 8% of its durable work is work you already do and there are far fewer of those jobs than of yours. Your own job splits about 39/61: that share of the list sits in the top exposure band and the rest does not. On this evidence the honest move is inside the job rather than out of it. Become the person who owns “develop and present health education and promotion programs”, and let the exposed end go.
How that was checked: this job was compared against all 830 US occupations in this release on their official task statements, and the 12 nearest were examined one by one. A move that turns on an industry, an employer or a qualification rather than on the work itself will not show up in a check like that. And this release carries no licence register, so anything you are weighing needs that looked up separately.
3 moves I checked and rejected
These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.
Epidemiologists
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals, and their equivalent is to supervise professional, technical, and clerical personnel. Across both published task lists that is about 8% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 8% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. And it is a narrow door: about 12,090 of those jobs against 65,690 of yours (OEWS May 2025), 18% as many seats.
Social and Community Service Managers
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public…, and their equivalent is to establish and maintain relationships with other agencies and organizations in community to meet…. Across both published task lists that is about 4% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 4% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.
Community Health Workers
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and…, and their equivalent is to refer community members to needed health services. Across both published task lists that is about 3% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 3% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. It is a pay cut, in those words: $51,850 against your $64,070, 19.1% less (OEWS May 2025 (both)). Retraining to earn less is a decision, not advice.
What I’d stop worrying about
A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.
The headline number you read somewhere
The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 39% of its task weight, across 16 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.
The whole-job doom story
Nothing on this page says this job ends. It says the mix inside it moves. Half the rows above are unchanged or changing shape, and the plan is about which half your week sits in. That is a very different problem, and a solvable one.
Panic-buying a course
Do the twenty-minute sorting exercise first. Most people who buy a course before they have done it buy the wrong one, and the free services listed below will tell you the same thing without charging for it.
The “obvious” next job everyone suggests
I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.
You are reading the United States figures
The United Kingdom splits this work across more than one official group, of which Health and safety managers and officers is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.
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The other groups this work is counted across:
In UK official statistics this job is counted as Health and safety managers and officers and Environmental health professionals. Pay is shown separately for each of those groups (medians cannot be averaged together), while the task list and the scores on this page are for this group only.
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No Space for this job, but one for what is happening to it
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There is one that is not about a job title at all. The AI Authority is about being the person who directs these tools at work rather than the person they get compared to. That is worth saying here, because 39% of the work on this page is already inside what they can do.
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Questions people ask about this job
- Will AI replace Health Education Specialists?
- Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 16 official task statements scored for Health Education Specialists (United States, SOC 21-1091), 39% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 55 out of 100 (range 49–61, band: partial). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
- Which tasks in “Health Education Specialists” can AI already do?
- The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted” (93/100, very high); “Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs” (93/100, very high); “Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related Web sites” (85/100, very high). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
- Which tasks in “Health Education Specialists” stay human?
- About 28% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care” (13/100, minimal); “Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals” (17/100, minimal); “Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations” (20/100, low). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
- What should someone working in “Health Education Specialists” do about AI?
- Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 39% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 28% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
- How is the AI exposure score for Health Education Specialists calculated?
- Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 16 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.
Where these numbers come from
Worth knowing about these figures
- The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
- Task statements
- onet-dbProcessing: catalogue-bridge → onet-im-rt-weighting → task-scoring → score-aggregation
- Task weights
- onet-db (im-rt)
- Scores
- Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-05.
- Pay and employment
- bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))
Figures on this page come from release 2026-q4.1, published 2026-08-05. Every release keeps its own permanent address, so a figure you cite in March is still there, unchanged, in November.
The plain-English wording on this page is assembled directly from the task statements and the published ratings, not written by hand for this occupation. That is why it is specific, and it is also why we say so.
The routes and free resources further up are today’s, not the release’s (last reviewed 2026-08-05). A route is an offer, not a historical fact, so it moves on its own clock.
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Collab365 (2026). Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1 (methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0). https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Built with O*NET data (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); ONS data (Open Government Licence v3.0); GAISI task framework (arXiv:2507.22748, MIT); BLS data (public domain).
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@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
title = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
author = {{Collab365}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
note = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
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