Worried about losing your day job to some soulless machine? Well, you're not alone.
Some economists are even projecting that 47 percent of "job categories" will become susceptible to automation before the year 2030, according to The Economist.
But have no fear! According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, there are certain jobs that appear to be safe from the robot takeover.
Here we've listed the 15 jobs that Pew found to be least vulnerable to mechanization, so if you're job is on the outs you now have a full list of more permanent options.
The jobs deemed least likely to become automated were those with the lowest routine-task intensity score (RTI), which was judged by how much of the work depended on "routine tasks with relatively little manual labor or abstract reasoning involved."
On each slide, we've included the total share of U.S. employment for the specified career in both 1980 and 2005, data which was provided by Pew. We've also included how many jobs are currently out there for said occupation, as well as the median pay, courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Athletes, sports instructors and officials
Share of U.S. employment in 1980:
0.05 percent
Share of U.S. employment in 2005:
0.13 percent
No. of jobs (as of 2012):
14,900
Median pay:
$40,060 per year
0.05 percent
Share of U.S. employment in 2005:
0.13 percent
No. of jobs (as of 2012):
14,900
Median pay:
$40,060 per year
Fire fighting, fire prevention and fire inspection occupations
Share of U.S. employment in 1980:
0.34 percent
Share of U.S. employment in 2005:
0.33
No. of jobs (as of 2012):
12,200
Median pay:
$53,990 per year
$25.96 per hour
0.34 percent
Share of U.S. employment in 2005:
0.33
No. of jobs (as of 2012):
12,200
Median pay:
$53,990 per year
$25.96 per hour
Railroad conductors and yardmasters
Share of U.S. employment in 1980:
0.06 percent
Share of U.S. employment in 2005:
0.05 percent
No. of jobs (as of 2012):
43,100
Median pay:
$58,030 per year
0.06 percent
Share of U.S. employment in 2005:
0.05 percent
No. of jobs (as of 2012):
43,100
Median pay:
$58,030 per year
Recreation and fitness workers
Share of U.S. employment in 1980:
0.03 percent
Share of U.S. employment in 2005:
0.17 percent
No. of jobs (as of 2012):
345,400
Median pay:
$22,240 per year
$10.69 per hour
0.03 percent
Share of U.S. employment in 2005:
0.17 percent
No. of jobs (as of 2012):
345,400
Median pay:
$22,240 per year
$10.69 per hour