Mostly Resilient
Last Update: 11/4/2026
AI Resilience Score for Biochemists & Biophysicists:
52.9%
Median Score
Meaningful human contribution
Measures the parts of the occupation that still require a human touch. This score averages data from up to four AI exposure datasets, focusing on the role’s resilience against automation.
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Long-term employer demand
Predicts the health of the job market for this role through 2034. Using Bureau of Labor Statistics data, it balances projected annual job openings (60%) with overall employment growth (40%).
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Sustained economic opportunity
Measures future earning potential and career flexibility. This score is a blend of total projected labor income (67%) and the role’s inherent ability to adapt to economic and technological shifts (33%).
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This reflects the reliability of your score based on the number of data sources available for this career and how closely those sources agree on the outlook. A higher confidence means more consistent evidence from labor experts and AI models.
There are a reasonable number of sources for this result, but there is some disagreement between them.
AI Resilience Report forBiochemists and Biophysicists
$127,410 median salary•2,900 annual openings•SOC Code: 19-1021.00
Biochemists and Biophysicists are somewhat more resilient to AI impacts than most occupations, according to our analysis of 8 sources.
Biochemistry and biophysics earns a "Mostly Resilient" label because AI is acting more like a powerful lab partner than a replacement, helping scientists predict protein structures, spot patterns in data, and draft grant proposals faster than ever before. The core of this career, which includes designing original experiments, mentoring students, and making judgment calls about what questions are even worth asking, still depends on deeply human thinking that AI cannot replicate.
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This role is mostly resilient
Biochemistry and biophysics earns a "Mostly Resilient" label because AI is acting more like a powerful lab partner than a replacement, helping scientists predict protein structures, spot patterns in data, and draft grant proposals faster than ever before. The core of this career, which includes designing original experiments, mentoring students, and making judgment calls about what questions are even worth asking, still depends on deeply human thinking that AI cannot replicate.
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Career: Biochemists and Biophysicists
They study living things and how they work to understand diseases, develop new medicines, and improve health.
Parent Careers
Alternate Titles
Analytical Research Chemist · Biochemist · Biophysics Researcher · Scientist
Employment & Wage Data
Median Wage
$127,410
Jobs (2025)
35,200
Growth (2025-35)
+12.3%
Annual Openings
2,900
Education
Doctoral or professional degree
Experience
None
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025-2035
Task-Level AI Resilience Scores
AI-generated estimates of task resilience over the next 3 years
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Teach or advise undergraduate or graduate students or supervise their research.
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Manage laboratory teams or monitor the quality of a team's work.
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Design or build laboratory equipment needed for special research projects.
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Develop or test new drugs or medications intended for commercial distribution.
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Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
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Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
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Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
Tasks are ranked by their AI resilience, with the most resilient tasks shown first. Core tasks are essential functions of this occupation, while supplemental tasks provide additional context.
