AI Automation Index

Will AI Replace Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers?

Task-level automation exposure for Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers: 23 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.

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Automation Exposure

52% weighted task index

23 of 23 tasks scored

Median Salary

$141,900 / year

BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation

Employment Level

Very High

622,190 people hold this job — size, not growth

Projected 2025–35

+4.9% employment change

100,900 openings a year · BLS line item

Pay by state

BLS OEWS publishes 54 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.

$79,900 – $182,950

Highest medians

Massachusetts $182,950

District of Columbia $175,720

California $174,560

Colorado $171,140

Delaware $168,060

Lowest medians

Indiana $79,900

Puerto Rico $82,250

Arkansas $87,520

Virgin Islands $95,530

Tennessee $99,430

State figures come from the 11-9199 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.

What the score is made of

Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.

Automation potential 52%

Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.

Physical work 4%

Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.

Judgment & influence 61%

Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.

Routine administration 19%

Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.

Rewritten by O*NET 0%

Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.

Consequence of error 0/100 Low

O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.

Constituent Task Mix

23 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.

High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 37%

8 tasks

Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 54%

13 tasks

Low exposure (below 35%) 9%

2 tasks

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Constituent Tasks

#15849 · Core · 55% automatable

Identify environmental contamination sources.

decision support — Concern identification aided; site judgment human

Identify environmental concerns.

#15857 · Core · 45% automatable

Coordinate on-site activities for environmental cleanup or remediation projects to ensure compliance with environmental laws, standards, regulations, or other requirements.

decision support — Sustainability projects need stakeholder judgment and authority

Manage environmental sustainability projects.

#23901 · Core · 55% automatable

Identify and apply for project funding.

text generation — Draft applications; human owns funding strategy

Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.

#15848 · Core · 40% automatable

Plan or implement brownfield redevelopment projects to ensure safety, quality, and compliance with applicable standards or requirements.

decision support — Sustainability projects need stakeholder judgment and authority

Implement organizational process or policy changes. Manage environmental sustainability projects.

#15850 · Core · 62% automatable

Estimate costs for environmental cleanup and remediation of land redevelopment projects.

data analysis — Green project cost estimation from inputs

Estimate green project costs.

#15858 · Core · 60% automatable

Conduct quantitative risk assessments for human health, environmental, or other risks.

decision support — Risk analysis aids; accountability-bearing judgment human

Analyze risks to minimize losses or damages.

#15852 · Core · 42% automatable

Design or implement plans for surface or ground water remediation.

decision support — Remediation plans drafted; regulatory and site judgment human

Implement organizational process or policy changes. Develop environmental remediation or protection plans.

#15854 · Core · 42% automatable

Design or implement measures to improve the water, air, and soil quality of military test sites, abandoned mine land, or other contaminated sites.

decision support — Remediation plans drafted; regulatory and site judgment human

Implement organizational process or policy changes. Develop environmental remediation or protection plans.

#15839 · Core · 62% automatable

Review or evaluate environmental remediation project proposals.

data analysis — Evaluates sustainability projects; human owns criteria

Evaluate environmental or sustainability projects.

#15843 · Core · 82% automatable

Prepare reports or presentations to communicate brownfield redevelopment needs, status, or progress.

text generation — Status/progress reports from tracked data

Prepare operational progress or status reports.

#15847 · Core · 20% automatable

Inspect sites to assess environmental damage or monitor cleanup progress.

visual inspection — Physical condition/function check needs hands-on access

Inspect condition or functioning of facilities or equipment.

#15846 · Core · 72% automatable

Maintain records of decisions, actions, and progress related to environmental redevelopment projects.

data analysis — Maintain sustainability records; human owns compliance

Maintain operational records for green energy processes or other environmentally-sustainable activities.

#15856 · Core · 25% automatable

Coordinate the disposal of hazardous waste.

interpersonal — Operational coordination requires live human orchestration

Dispose of hazardous materials. Coordinate operational activities.

#15860 · Core · 42% automatable

Develop or implement plans for the sustainable regeneration of brownfield sites to ensure regeneration of a wider area by providing environmental protection or economic and social benefits.

decision support — Remediation plans drafted; regulatory and site judgment human

Implement organizational process or policy changes. Develop environmental remediation or protection plans.

#15859 · Core · 68% automatable

Conduct feasibility or cost-benefit studies for environmental remediation projects.

data analysis — Feasibility analysis from data, human validates assumptions

Analyze data to determine project feasibility.

#15845 · Core · 80% automatable

Prepare and submit permit applications for demolition, cleanup, remediation, or construction projects.

text generation — Fill forms from provided information

Prepare forms or applications.

#15844 · Core · 35% automatable

Negotiate contracts for services or materials needed for environmental remediation.

interpersonal — Contract negotiation needs authority and accountability

Negotiate contracts for environmental remediation, green energy, or renewable resources.

#15853 · Core · 42% automatable

Design or implement plans for structural demolition and debris removal.

decision support — Remediation plans drafted; regulatory and site judgment human

Implement organizational process or policy changes. Develop environmental remediation or protection plans.

#15855 · Core · 52% automatable

Design or conduct environmental restoration studies.

decision support — Environmental research planning aided; field judgment human

Plan environmental research.

#15840 · Core · 62% automatable

Review or evaluate designs for contaminant treatment or disposal facilities.

data analysis — Evaluates sustainability projects; human owns criteria

Evaluate environmental or sustainability projects.

#15841 · Supplemental · 52% automatable

Provide training on hazardous material or waste cleanup procedures and technologies.

text generation — Compliance content AI-draftable; live training human

Train employees on environmental awareness, conservation, or safety topics.

#15851 · Supplemental · 42% automatable

Develop or implement plans for revegetation of brownfield sites.

decision support — Remediation plans drafted; regulatory and site judgment human

Implement organizational process or policy changes. Develop environmental remediation or protection plans.

#15842 · Supplemental · 55% automatable

Provide expert witness testimony on issues such as soil, air, or water contamination and associated cleanup measures.

decision support — Compliance guidance drafted; human verifies and owns

Advise others on legal or regulatory compliance matters.

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Method

How this was scored

1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.

Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.

Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast

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