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What is this page & how do I use it?

This is a research report for one career — the kind an analyst would write for a stock. The rating at the top is the neutral baseline (same for everyone); below it come the cases for and against, how the last official forecast for this career actually aged, and what the education path costs and pays.

How to use it: read the bulls-vs-bears case, then hit Score this career to weigh it against your other options with your own interests factored in.

CareerStar rating
MixedMedium uncertainty
top 22% of all 730 careers

Analyst take: Strong market prospects — +1.8% projected growth, low AI exposure (29/100).

53
/ 100
low riskhigh
top row = high reward

Moat (borrowed from investing — the water that defends a castle): how shielded this career is from AI. Narrow = some shelter, but AI can reach a real share of its tasks.

The small grid is a style box (borrowed from Morningstar’s fund reports): the blue square places this career on reward (top row = high) versus risk (left column = low), against all 730 careers. Medium uncertainty means the score leans partly on forward-looking bets like AI exposure, so treat the exact number loosely.

🐂 Bulls say
  • +High pay — above 98% of careers ($152,800).
  • +Low AI exposure — resilient (29% of tasks exposed).
🐻 Bears say
  • Slow growth — behind 57% of careers.
📜 Reality check — how the last forecast for this career fared

In 2014, the U.S. government projected +14.6% growth for this career by 2024. What actually happened: +1%. Reality fell short of the forecast — a reminder that every number on this page is an estimate, and this is how the last one aged. Full back-test →

Was this rating fair?
Projected growth
+1.8%
Median pay
$152,800
AI exposure
29/100
share of tasks exposed to AI — not job loss

What this work involves

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