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Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Across the 40 of this group's 48 occupations with published Colorado employment, 32,190 Coloradans work in life, physical, and social science occupations (8 more occupations have no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 47.6 of 100, and 56.8% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists; Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health; Biological Technicians — the largest of this group's 48 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 32,190 across 40 of 48 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 47.6 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 56.8% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $47,020–$134,440 range across the 39 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 48 occupations — and its 32,190 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 10 | 6,480 | 20.1% |
| substantial overlap | 19 | 11,800 | 36.7% |
| some overlap | 14 | 10,760 | 33.4% |
| little overlap | 5 | 3,150 | 9.8% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | some overlap | 35.7 | 3,080 | $101,400 |
| Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health | high overlap | 71.0 | 2,580 | $85,990 |
| Biological Technicians | little overlap | 26.7 | 1,990 | $59,400 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other | substantial overlap | 47.3 | 1,860 | $63,760 |
| Chemists | some overlap | 40.0 | 1,790 | $101,980 |
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | substantial overlap | 47.8 | 1,480 | $114,410 |
| School Psychologists | substantial overlap | 58.1 | 1,380 | $124,770 |
| Urban and Regional Planners | substantial overlap | 58.0 | 1,300 | $101,340 |
| Conservation Scientists | substantial overlap | 48.0 | 1,230 | $84,820 |
| Chemical Technicians | some overlap | 39.3 | 1,180 | $63,770 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder | 1.8% | 3,540 | Full |
| Cheyenne | 1.3% | 10 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Jefferson | 1.1% | 2,837 | Full |
| Lake | 1.1% | 32 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Rio Blanco | 1.1% | 31 | Heavily imputed estimate |
| Lincoln | 1.1% | 23 | Partially imputed estimate |