# Animal Scientists

> Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 19-1011.00
- **Summary:** Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.

## Aliases

- Animal Nutritionist
- Animal Scientist
- Beef Cattle Nutritionist
- Research Scientist
- Animal Nutrition Consultant
- Beef Cattle Specialist
- Companion Animal Nutritionist
- Dairy Nutrition Consultant
- Dairy Research Nutritionist
- Scientist
- Animal Anatomist
- Animal Behaviorist

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials. | Core | 4.A.1.a.1.m |
| Write up or orally communicate research findings to the scientific community, producers, and the public. | Core | 4.A.3.b.6.c |
| Develop improved practices in feeding, housing, sanitation, or parasite and disease control of animals. | Core | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Advise producers about improved products and techniques that could enhance their animal production efforts. | Core | 4.A.4.b.6.e |
| Conduct research concerning animal nutrition, breeding, or management to improve products or processes. | Core | 4.A.1.a.1.m |
| Study effects of management practices, processing methods, feed, or environmental conditions on quality and quantity of animal products, such as eggs and milk. | Core | 4.A.1.a.1.m |
| Research and control animal selection and breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality. | Core | 4.A.1.a.1.m |
| Determine genetic composition of animal populations and heritability of traits, using principles of genetics. | Supplemental | 4.A.1.a.1.p |
| Crossbreed animals with existing strains or cross strains to obtain new combinations of desirable characteristics. | Supplemental | 4.A.4.a.5.d |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations. | 4.A.3.b.6.c |
| Research livestock management methods. | 4.A.1.a.1.m |
| Advise others on business or operational matters. | 4.A.4.b.6.e |
| Advise others on ways to improve processes or products. | 4.A.4.b.6.e |
| Develop agricultural methods. | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Research genetic characteristics or expression. | 4.A.1.a.1.p |
| Perform animal breeding procedures. | 4.A.4.a.5.d |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biology | knowledge | 4.64 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 4.13 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 4.12 |
| English Language | knowledge | 4.09 |
| Chemistry | knowledge | 4.04 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 4 |
| Science | essential_skill | 4 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 4 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 4 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 4 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 4 |
| Written Expression | ability | 4 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 4 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 4 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 4 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 4 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.88 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3.88 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.88 |
| Food Production | knowledge | 3.83 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Systems Analysis | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Fluency of Ideas | ability | 3.75 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.75 |
| Education and Training | knowledge | 3.45 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 3.39 |
| Mathematics | essential_skill | 3.38 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 3.35 |
| Learning Strategies | essential_skill | 3.25 |
| Systems Evaluation | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Originality | ability | 3.25 |
| Mathematical Reasoning | ability | 3.25 |
| Number Facility | ability | 3.25 |
| Sales and Marketing | knowledge | 3.13 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Access | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Email Software | Specialized Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Database Software | Specialized Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Maintenance | Specialized Skill |
| Presentation Software | Specialized Skill |
| Installation | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes | no |
| ESRI ArcGIS software | Geographic information system | yes | no |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | no |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | no |
| Oracle PeopleSoft | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | no |
| SAS | Analytical or scientific software | yes | no |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Tableau | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | no |
| Best Linear Unbiased Prediction BLUP | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| Cowculator | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| COWGAME | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| DAGRIS | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| Database software | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequence analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| Domestic Animal Diversity Information Service DAD-IS | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| Email software | Electronic mail software | no | no |
| FEEDLOT CALC | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| Master Ration Calculator | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| Nutrition Balance Analyzer NUTBAL | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals OMIA | Data base user interface and query software | no | no |
| Oracle HRIS | Human resources software | no | no |
| VSNi ASReml | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| VSNi GenStat | Analytical or scientific software | no | no |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| E-Mail | 5 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.74 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.45 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 4.43 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.39 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.26 |
| Contact With Others | 4.22 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.17 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 3.96 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 3.96 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 3.91 |
| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment | 3.83 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 3.73 |
| Time Pressure | 3.65 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 3.61 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 3.57 |
| Level of Competition | 3.57 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 3.43 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 3.43 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.39 |
| Outdoors, Under Cover | 3.39 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 3.3 |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 3.26 |
| Public Speaking | 3.04 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 3.04 |
| Consequence of Error | 2.96 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 2.96 |
| Physical Proximity | 2.91 |
| Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | 2.91 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 2.91 |
| Spend Time Standing | 2.73 |
| Conflict Situations | 2.65 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 2.48 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 2.39 |
| Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions | 2.27 |
| Degree of Automation | 2.26 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 2.13 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 2.09 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 2.09 |
| In an Open Vehicle or Operating Equipment | 2.04 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 5
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
- **Experience:** Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- **Svp Range:** (8.0 and above)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Doctoral Degree | 43.48 |
| Master's Degree | 21.74 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 13.04 |
| Post-Doctoral Training | 13.04 |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 4.35 |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 4.35 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 6.93 |
| Life Science | specific_interest_area | 6.43 |
| Agriculture | specific_interest_area | 5.31 |
| Realistic | career_interest_type | 5.24 |
| Dependability | work_style | 5 |
| Mathematics/Statistics | specific_interest_area | 4.13 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 4 |
| Medical Science | specific_interest_area | 3.91 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 3.36 |
| Intellectual Curiosity | work_style | 3 |
| Public Speaking | specific_interest_area | 2.82 |
| Animal Service | specific_interest_area | 2.57 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 2.4 |
| Innovation | work_style | 2.33 |
| Physical Science | specific_interest_area | 2.31 |
| Nature/Outdoors | specific_interest_area | 2.29 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 19-1012.00 | role-19-1012-00 | Food Scientists and Technologists | Primary-Short |
| 19-1013.00 | role-19-1013-00 | Soil and Plant Scientists | Primary-Short |
| 19-1022.00 | role-19-1022-00 | Microbiologists | Primary-Short |
| 11-9013.00 | role-11-9013-00 | Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers | Primary-Short |
| 29-1131.00 | role-29-1131-00 | Veterinarians | Primary-Short |
| 25-1041.00 | role-25-1041-00 | Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Primary-Long |
| 19-1021.00 | role-19-1021-00 | Biochemists and Biophysicists | Primary-Long |
| 19-1029.03 | role-19-1029-03 | Geneticists | Primary-Long |
| 19-1029.04 | role-19-1029-04 | Biologists | Primary-Long |
| 19-1023.00 | role-19-1023-00 | Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists | Primary-Long |
| 45-2021.00 | role-45-2021-00 | Animal Breeders | Supplemental |
| 19-4012.00 | role-19-4012-00 | Agricultural Technicians | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Agriculture | agriculture |

## Education Level

- **Category:** Bachelor's degree

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences | agriculture-agriculture-operations-and-related-sciences |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | multi-interdisciplinary-studies |

## Market

- **Median Wage:** 79120
- **Mean Wage:** 104970
- **Pct10Wage:** 48440
- **Pct25Wage:** 59610
- **Pct75Wage:** 128450
- **Pct90Wage:** 235750
- **Employment:** 2470
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 810 | 79250 | 4.7 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 640 | 65190 | 2.93 |
| 11 | 11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | Sector | 290 | 64940 | 42.76 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 250 | 119640 | 1.22 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 150 | 138030 | 1.55 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 70 | 124940 |  |
| 71 | 71 | Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | Sector | 60 | 49350 |  |
| 81 | 81 | Other Services (except Public Administration) | Sector | 50 | 82090 |  |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11 | 11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | Sector | 290 | 42.76 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 810 | 4.7 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 640 | 2.93 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 150 | 1.55 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 250 | 1.22 |
- **Count:** 8

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| frey_osborne | Computerization probability | 0.061 | 0-1 probability | 2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | 1.041358 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | 1.120173 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | 0.9717278 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 81
- **Percentile:** 85
- **Band:** High
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 77 | felten_aioe |
| 84 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 83 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | 1.041358 | 77 | High | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.9375 | 84 | High | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.26195305277407877 | 83 | High | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Frey Historical

- **Source:** frey
- **Label:** Computerization probability (Frey & Osborne, 2013)
- **Value:** 0.061
- **Percentile:** 24
- **Band:** Low
- **Note:** A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
- **Teleworkable:** yes

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.125
- **Beta:** 0.53125
- **Gamma:** 0.9375

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials. | 0.004929973830055586 | 4.57 |
| Advise producers about improved products and techniques that could enhance their animal production efforts. | 0.004724558253803269 | 4.36 |
| Determine genetic composition of animal populations and heritability of traits, using principles of genetics. | 0.002156863550649319 | 3.21 |
| Research and control animal selection and breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality. | 0.0019514479743970028 | 3.67 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 5.8
- **Growth Percentile:** 79
- **Direction:** About average
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 0.2
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 2
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 2.8
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 2.9

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| frey_osborne | frey-osborne-automation |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Ai Playbook

- **Trusted Task Count:** 1
- **Task Count:** 3
- **Total Sample:** 80
- **Autonomy Median:** 4
- **Dominant Collaboration:** learning
- **Augmentation Share:** 51.35

### Collaboration

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| learning | 51.35 |

### Use Case

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| personal | 40.54 |

### Delegated Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Collaboration | Autonomy Median | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials. | 0.0037004625578197278 | learning | 4 | 37 |

### Boundary Tasks

| Task | Human Needed Percent | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials. | 91.8918918918919 | 37 |

### Seed Prompts

| Prompt | Collaboration |
| --- | --- |
| Teach me how to study nutritional requirements of animals and nutritive values of animal feed materials, then check my work as I try it myself. | learning |
- **Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 9
- **Skills:** 38
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 27
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** b6828bdbef71c406