Sociologists, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here21
  • penologist
  • demographer
  • sociologist
  • criminologist
  • policy advisor
  • policy analyst
  • policy officer
  • social scientist
  • program evaluator
  • rural sociologist
  • urban sociologist
  • clinical evaluator
  • family sociologist
  • research associate
  • and 7 more
SOC code
19-3041.00
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
16 activities
Activities an agent can take on
5
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · SociologistsSOC 19-3041.00
88% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
Grant proposal writingWhat can do this →
82% · agentMostly automatable
75% · agentMostly automatable
Teaching sociology coursesWhat can do this →
22% · you keepBarely automatable
The team5 agents · 5 need no setup
Data Analysis Agent
IBM SPSS Statistics · R · Microsoft Excel
● No integration needed
Research Planning Agent
Microsoft Project · Microsoft Word · Qualtrics Research Suite
● No integration needed
Research Writing Agent
Microsoft Word · Thomson Reuters EndNote · Microsoft PowerPoint
● No integration needed
Grant Writing Agent
Microsoft Word · Web · Search
● No integration needed
Survey & Interview Agent
Qualtrics Research Suite · QSR International NVivo · Microsoft Excel
● No integration needed
You keep this
Teach and mentor students in classroom settingsSupervise research staff and direct team operationsPresent findings at conferences and engage in academic discourseApprove final research conclusions and policy recommendations

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Data analysis and interpretation88% · analysis and evaluation work · mostly automatable
Research planning and methodology development85% · drafting and content production · mostly automatable
Publications and research reports85% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable

The full activity list

All 16 detailed work activities O*NET records for Sociologists, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.

Partly automatable 3

Partly automatable activities for Sociologists
ActivityJobs
Present information to the public16
Advise others on matters of public policy9
Inform viewers, listeners, or audiences7