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Survey Researchers
Plan, develop, or conduct surveys. May analyze and interpret the meaning of survey data, determine survey objectives, or suggest or test question wording. Includes social scientists who primarily design questionnaires or supervise survey teams.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Conduct surveys and collect data, using methods such as interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, market analysis surveys, public opinion polls, literature reviews, and file reviews.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Prepare and present summaries and analyses of survey data, including tables, graphs, and fact sheets that describe survey techniques and results.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Consult with clients to identify survey needs and specific requirements, such as special samples.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Determine and specify details of survey projects, including sources of information, procedures to be used, and the design of survey instruments and materials.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Support, plan, and coordinate operations for single or multiple surveys.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Monitor and evaluate survey progress and performance, using sample disposition reports and response rate calculations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Collaborate with other researchers in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of surveys.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Conduct research to gather information about survey topics.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Direct and review the work of staff members, including survey support staff and interviewers who gather survey data.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Direct updates and changes in survey implementation and methods.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss43%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
63%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 43% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.