AI Career Radar

Foresters

Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. May inventory the type, amount, and location of standing timber, appraise the timber's worth, negotiate the purchase, and draw up contracts for procurement. May determine how to conserve wildlife habitats, creek beds, water quality, and soil stability, and how best to comply with environmental regulations. May devise plans for planting and growing new trees, monitor trees for healthy growth, and determine optimal harvesting schedules.

AI exposure29 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation24
Freedom to set tasks83
Repeating the same tasks48
$76,400Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+2.2%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
69Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Speaking
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
75
Monitoring
63
75
Active Listening
63
72
Judgment and Decision Making
63
72
Complex Problem Solving
62
72
Coordination
62
66
Active Learning
62
56
Reading Comprehension
61
75
Time Management
61
63
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
69
Social Perceptiveness
60
56
Learning Strategies
58
50
Instructing
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
66
Systems Evaluation
56
66
Service Orientation
56
53
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
50
Negotiation
52
60
Science
52
50
Management of Personnel Resources
50
50
Operations Analysis
49
44
Installation
48
0
Management of Material Resources
47
53
Management of Financial Resources
47
50
Quality Control Analysis
47
31
Troubleshooting
47
19
Technology Design
47
16
Equipment Selection
47
16
Equipment Maintenance
47
6
Operations Monitoring
46
44
Repairing
46
6
Programming
45
13
Operation and Control
43
44

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

89/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
5%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Active Learning, Active Listening, Monitoring

88/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Persuasion, Instructing, Operations Analysis

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Social Perceptiveness, Operations Analysis, Learning Strategies

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$167,220
10-yr growth
+8.2%
Skill gap
3%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Social Perceptiveness, Writing, Coordination

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Foresters could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.