High-Paying AI-Resilient Jobs
These are the highest-paying jobs that are also most resistant to AI disruption, based on their AI Resilience scores. Careers are ranked by median annual wage from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Resilient
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is labeled "Resilient" because the heart of the work, performing complex surgery on faces, jaws, and nerves, requires physical dexterity, real-time judgment, and human empathy that AI simply ...
AI Resilience:
68.6%
Wage:
$352,220
Annual Openings:
200
Sports Medicine Physicians
Resilient
Sports medicine physicians are labeled "Resilient" because the heart of their work, including sideline evaluations, return-to-play decisions, and mental health check-ins with athletes, requires real-time human judgment, em...
AI Resilience:
67.5%
Wage:
$265,930
Annual Openings:
9,400
Urologists
Resilient
Urology is labeled "Resilient" because the most important parts of the job, including performing surgery, making complex treatment decisions, and connecting with patients during stressful moments, require human judgment, p...
AI Resilience:
71.7%
Wage:
$265,930
Annual Openings:
9,400
Nurse Anesthetists
Resilient
Nurse anesthetists are labeled "Resilient" because the core of their work relies on human judgment, split-second decision-making, and hands-on crisis response that AI simply cannot replicate on its own. While AI tools are ...
AI Resilience:
65.9%
Wage:
$236,590
Annual Openings:
2,400
Chief Sustainability Officers
Resilient
Chief Sustainability Officers are labeled "Resilient" because the heart of their job involves deeply human skills that AI simply cannot replicate, including ethical judgment, leadership, and the ability to persuade executi...
AI Resilience:
66.9%
Wage:
$213,990
Annual Openings:
19,100
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Resilient
Computer and Information Systems Managers are labeled "Resilient" because the heart of their job, leading people, setting strategy, and making big judgment calls, is exactly what AI cannot do on its own. While AI is taking...
AI Resilience:
70.0%
Wage:
$175,140
Annual Openings:
53,500
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Resilient
Architectural and Engineering Managers are labeled "Resilient" because the heart of this career, leading teams, making big judgment calls, managing client relationships, and solving unexpected problems on the ground, is so...
AI Resilience:
69.2%
Wage:
$171,270
Annual Openings:
14,900
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
Resilient
This career is labeled "Resilient" because AI is stepping in as a helpful tool rather than a replacement, speeding up data analysis and report writing while leaving the most important decisions to people. The hands-on lab ...
AI Resilience:
73.6%
Wage:
$171,270
Annual Openings:
14,900
Dentists, General
Resilient
Dentistry is labeled "Resilient" because the heart of the job, including steady hands, sharp clinical judgment, and the ability to earn a patient's trust, is exactly what AI cannot replicate. The most important tasks, like...
AI Resilience:
67.9%
Wage:
$170,950
Annual Openings:
4,200
Water Resource Specialists
Resilient
Water Resource Specialists earn a "Resilient" label because the heart of this work relies on skills that AI simply cannot replicate, like negotiating water rights, communicating with communities, and making judgment calls ...
AI Resilience:
71.2%
Wage:
$167,220
Annual Openings:
9,200
Financial Managers
Resilient
Financial Managers are labeled "Resilient" because while AI is definitely being used to speed up tasks like budgeting, data analysis, and financial reporting, it is augmenting human work rather than replacing the people do...
AI Resilience:
66.4%
Wage:
$166,570
Annual Openings:
65,600
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
Resilient
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists are labeled "Resilient" because the most important parts of the job, like negotiating contracts, designing site plans, engaging with communities, and making high-stakes judgment calls, ...
AI Resilience:
73.9%
Wage:
$141,900
Annual Openings:
100,900
Loss Prevention Managers
Resilient
Loss Prevention Managers are labeled "Resilient" because the heart of this job depends on uniquely human skills that AI simply cannot replicate, like leading teams through tense situations, building trust with law enforcem...
AI Resilience:
68.4%
Wage:
$141,900
Annual Openings:
100,900
Managers, All Other
Resilient
This career is labeled "Resilient" because the most important parts of a manager's job, like making judgment calls, leading people through tough situations, hiring, and coaching teams, are things AI simply cannot replicate...
AI Resilience:
68.7%
Wage:
$141,900
Annual Openings:
100,900
Regulatory Affairs Managers
Resilient
Regulatory Affairs Managers are labeled "Resilient" because while AI is taking over time-consuming tasks like reading documents, summarizing changes, and drafting submissions, the most important parts of the job still requ...
AI Resilience:
65.1%
Wage:
$141,900
Annual Openings:
100,900
Wind Energy Development Managers
Resilient
Wind Energy Development Managers are labeled "Resilient" because the heart of this career, negotiating contracts, building community trust, and managing complex relationships with landowners and regulators, requires human ...
AI Resilience:
73.2%
Wage:
$141,900
Annual Openings:
100,900
Wind Energy Operations Managers
Resilient
Wind Energy Operations Managers are labeled "Resilient" because the most important parts of this job, like negotiating with landowners, coordinating crews, and making judgment calls under pressure, require human skills tha...
AI Resilience:
69.8%
Wage:
$141,900
Annual Openings:
100,900
Anesthesiologist Assistants
Resilient
Anesthesiologist Assistants are labeled "Resilient" because the heart of this work, making real-time decisions during surgery, performing hands-on procedures like intubation, and responding to emergencies, requires the kin...
AI Resilience:
65.4%
Wage:
$135,880
Annual Openings:
11,500
Physician Assistants
Resilient
Physician Assistant is labeled "Resilient" because the heart of the work, including physical exams, hands-on procedures, surgical assistance, and building trust with patients, simply cannot be replicated by AI. Right now, ...
AI Resilience:
71.1%
Wage:
$135,880
Annual Openings:
11,500
Aerospace Engineers
Resilient
Aerospace engineering is labeled "Resilient" because AI is stepping in as a powerful helper rather than a replacement, speeding up simulations and design tasks while human engineers still make the critical safety calls and...
AI Resilience:
65.1%
Wage:
$134,960
Annual Openings:
3,800
Nurse Midwives
Resilient
Nurse Midwifery is labeled "Resilient" because the heart of the work, delivering babies, supporting laboring patients, and providing emotional care during some of life's most intense moments, simply cannot be handed off to...
AI Resilience:
66.6%
Wage:
$134,040
Annual Openings:
400
Nurse Practitioners
Resilient
Nurse Practitioners are labeled "Resilient" because the heart of the job, including physical exams, hands-on procedures like suturing, and diagnosing complex conditions, simply cannot be done by AI. The most time-consuming...
AI Resilience:
73.9%
Wage:
$132,300
Annual Openings:
29,400
Biofuels Production Managers
Resilient
Biofuels Production Managers are labeled "Resilient" because while AI is getting better at number-crunching tasks like predicting reactor behavior and catching production problems faster, the core of this job still depends...
AI Resilience:
70.3%
Wage:
$126,060
Annual Openings:
17,000
Geothermal Production Managers
Resilient
Geothermal Production Managers are labeled "Resilient" because the most important parts of their job, like supervising crews, making safety calls on high-pressure steam systems, and interpreting complex site conditions, re...
AI Resilience:
65.7%
Wage:
$126,060
Annual Openings:
17,000