Pivotum · The AI career index · Fall 2026

Help your kid choose a career that lasts.

We score 28 careers on how exposed they are to AI — the same six factors, re-scored every six months, with the reasoning shown. The biggest decision on the table, made with evidence instead of fear.

We build AI for a living, and we’re figuring out our own teenagers’ futures alongside yours.

One number, fully explained

Every score comes with its reasoning and a three-year trend — never a black box.

The same yardstick for all 28

A paramedic and a paralegal, scored on the identical six factors and weights.

We publish where we might be wrong

A fixed, public methodology, re-scored every six months. Free — nothing gated.

The safest degrees aren’t the ones you’d guess. Bedside nursing scores 2.8; entry-level software, 8.1. Physical therapy, 2.5; graphic design, 8.4. Move the same work behind a screen and its exposure roughly doubles.

Every career, scored

Each row runs from a field’s most protected role to its most exposed. Green marks a genuinely low-exposure entry; red, one that’s highly exposed.

Every career below is a free sampler. Tap any row to read the full reasoning and sources — no signup, no payment.

CareerSafestMost exposed
Medicine2.14.9
Dentistry2.35.5
Nursing2.45.4
Veterinary Medicine2.45.4
Skilled Trades2.55.0
Allied Health2.56.1
Teaching3.16.8
Social Work3.36.1
Construction3.37.4
Psychology3.57.1
Engineering3.96.3
Agriculture4.06.2
Hospitality4.08.0
Transport4.17.3
Translation4.38.8
Pharmacy4.46.4
Law4.57.9
Finance4.68.0
Architecture4.77.6
Computer science4.78.1
Business & Management4.97.6
Life Sciences5.07.2
Cybersecurity5.07.4
Journalism5.18.3
Accounting5.27.9
Marketing5.58.2
Graphic Design5.68.4
Data Science6.08.2

Weighing two or three seriously?

The full profiles cover the honest downsides, the routes in, and what to actually do — for the careers your family is really considering.