AI Impact Analysis · 2026 · 111 Occupations

Jobs Safe
from AI in 2026

Roles with the lowest AI automation scores — most protected from automation through the end of this decade.

These 111 roles score below 40/100 on the JobForesight AI automation index — meaning they are structurally resistant to the capabilities of current and near-term AI systems. They typically involve physical presence, complex social judgement, or creative autonomy that language models cannot replicate reliably.

Window: 36–60 years

Early Years Educator

Window: 48–72 years

Window: 72–180 years

Chief Executive Officer

Window: 48–72 years

Window: 36–60 years

Window: 36–60 years

Non-Executive Director

Window: 48–72 years

Window: 60–120 years

Window: 36–60 years

Primary School Teacher

Window: 36–60 years

Physiotherapist

Window: 30–60 years

Window: 15–22 years

Window: 60–120 years

Chief Data Officer

Window: 60–96 years

Window: 60–180 years

Chief People Officer

Window: 12–20 years

Occupational Therapist

Window: 30–60 years

Chief Financial Officer

Window: 96–144 years

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 60–120 years

Window: 36–60 years

Managing Director

Window: 36–60 years

Window: 48–84 years

Chief Operating Officer

Window: 36–60 years

Dental Hygienist

Window: 30–60 years

Window: 48–84 years

Chief Technology Officer

Window: 36–60 years

Secondary School Teacher

Window: 30–48 years

Window: 36–96 years

Application Architect

Window: 36–60 years

Biomedical Engineer

Window: 36–60 years

Business Unit Director

Window: 28–48 years

Window: 12–18 years

Aerospace Engineer

Window: 36–60 years

Clinical Psychologist

Window: 48–72 years

Criminal Defence Lawyer

Window: 36–60 years

Speech & Language Therapist

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 60–180 years

Creative Director

Window: 36–60 years

Window: 24–48 years

Finance Director

Window: 36–60 years

General Manager

Window: 24–48 years

Organisational Psychologist

Window: 36–72 years

Window: 30–60 years

Solutions Architect

Window: 8–15 years

Structural Engineer

Window: 30–60 years

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 30–54 years

Communications Director

Window: 10–20 years

Chemical Engineer

Window: 30–54 years

Cybersecurity Analyst

Window: 36–60 years

Developer Advocate

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 30–54 years

Diversity & Inclusion Manager

Window: 36–60 years

Window: 18–36 years

Enterprise Architect

Window: 30–54 years

Environmental Engineer

Window: 30–54 years

Occupational Health Advisor

Window: 8–15 years

Window: 72–96 years

Property Developer

Window: 36–60 years

Strategy Director

Window: 24–42 years

Teaching Assistant

Window: 24–42 years

Chief Marketing Officer

Window: 24–42 years

Cybersecurity Engineer

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 30–54 years

Mechanical Engineer

Window: 30–54 years

Pharmaceutical Scientist

Window: 36–60 years

Electrical Engineer

Window: 28–52 years

Energy Engineer

Window: 26–48 years

Platform Engineer

Window: 30–54 years

Product Manager

Window: 36–60 years

Research Scientist

Window: 24–48 years

Solutions Engineer

Window: 18–36 years

Account Director

Window: 30–60 years

Window: 36–60 years

Change Management Consultant

Window: 8–15 years

Financial Planner

Window: 8–14 years

Machine Learning Engineer

Window: 36–60 years

Transformation Director

Window: 20–40 years

Window: 24–48 years

Brand Strategist

Window: 36–60 years

Employee Relations Manager

Window: 6–12 years

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 30–54 years

Site Reliability Engineer

Window: 24–48 years

Creative Strategist

Window: 30–60 years

Window: 30–54 years

Window: 36–60 years

Service Designer

Window: 18–36 years

AI Product Manager

Window: 18–36 years

Broadcast Journalist

Window: 36–60 years

Window: 30–54 years

Drug Regulatory Affairs Manager

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 24–48 years

Landscape Architect

Window: 18–36 years

Legal Consultant

Window: 24–48 years

Marine Biologist

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 24–48 years

Programme Director

Window: 18–36 years

Relationship Manager

Window: 36–60 years

Restaurant Manager

Window: 24–42 years

Security Architect

Window: 24–48 years

Software Developer

Window: 6–12 years

University Lecturer

Window: 18–36 years

Utility Engineer

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 60–84 years

Window: 6–12 years

Community Manager

Window: 24–48 years

Window: 24–42 years

Window: 18–30 years

AI-resistant jobs: what makes a role durable?

An AI-resistant job isn't one that AI never touches — it's one where AI tools augment the worker rather than replace them. The roles in the list above score below 40/100 on the JobForesight AI exposure index because their core deliverable depends on something language models can't supply on demand: embodied skill, sustained relationship, real-time adaptation to unpredictable human or physical context.

AI-resistant doesn't mean AI-immune. Even durable roles will see their task mix shift over the next decade — therapists offloading session notes, surgeons using AI for pre-op planning, teachers using AI for differentiated lesson design. The jobs survive; the day-to-day changes. See how we score for the task-by-task method behind the index.

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