Headline risk
3%
Very Low RiskGeographers
AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Study the nature and use of areas of the Earth's surface, relating and interpreting interactions of physical and cultural phenomena. Conduct research on physical aspects of a region, including land forms, climates, soils, plants, and animals, and conduct research on the spatial implications of human activities within a given area, including social characteristics, economic activities, and political organization, as well as researching interdependence between regions at scales ranging from local to global.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 9% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 97,200
Employment 2024
1.5K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-3.1%
Openings (2024–34)
0.1K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of geographers is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Create and modify maps, graphs, or diagrams, using geographical information software and related equipment, and principles of cartography, such as coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales. AI use: 0%
- 2. Teach geography. AI use: 0%
- 3. Gather and compile geographic data from sources such as censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps. AI use: 0%
- 4. Write and present reports of research findings. AI use: 94%
- 5. Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales. AI use: 0%
- 6. Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Related
Source coverage
10/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Data quality
Employment data available
Narrative & sources
Geographers study the Earth and the distribution of its land, features, and inhabitants.
Most geographers work full time. Geographers who do fieldwork may travel to foreign countries or remote locations.
Geographers typically need at least a bachelor’s degree to enter the occupation. Some jobs require a master’s or doctoral degree.
The median annual wage for geographers was $97,200 in May 2024.
Employment of geographers is projected to grow 3 percent from 2024 to 2034, decline.
Important context
This score measures structural AI displacement pressure, not actual job losses. Local wages and demand data are specific to United States AI Work Index; the underlying AI task overlap analysis is consistent across all countries.