Economics

14 careers in Economics, ranked safest first: the career with the lowest AI exposure score, meaning the smallest share of its day-to-day work AI can already do, is at the top. For 1 of them the moat, what structurally protects the job, has not been classified yet; their cards say so rather than guessing.

Economics at a glance
MOAT CLASSIFIED13 of 14 total
NO MOAT11
HAS A MOAT2
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIED1
MEDIAN AI EXPOSURE50 /100

Life, Physical & Social Science11

Environmental Economist

22

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO22%moving to67%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Agricultural Economist

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Development Economist

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Health Economist

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Labour Economist

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Quantitative Economist

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Real Estate Economist

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Economic Researcher

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Agricultural Policy Analyst

60

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO60%moving to95%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Election Analyst

60

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO60%moving to95%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Data Economist

65

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO65%moving to95%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Management1

Government Affairs Director

30

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO30%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
RELATIONAL MOATPeople want a real person for this. That preference is the protection.
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Legal1

Human Rights Advocate

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Uncategorised1

These careers have no record in our AI outlook register, so there is no O*NET occupation code to group them by. Listed here rather than guessed into a category.

Actuaries, Economists and Statisticians

50

Economics

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO50%moving to88%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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AI EXPOSURE = the share of a job's day-to-day tasks AI can already do today, from the same exposure engine used across this site (Anthropic labour market research, 2026, observed real-world AI usage by occupation). Higher means more exposed. It is a measurement of now, not a prediction. THE DOOR = how hard the job is to get into, grade A (easy) to E (extremely hard), from each career's published forecast (OpenAI, "The AI Jobs Transition Framework", Richmond 2026, CC BY 4.0). A card marked MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIED has a real exposure score but no entry yet in our moat register, so we make no claim about what structurally protects it. Scorecard grades and verdicts are Careermash editorial judgment: we show forecasts as forecasts and own our conclusions. Salary and pathway figures are each career's own published profile. Careermash is a service provided by What School Ltd.

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