Law, social work and culture
Historian and political scientist
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.2% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Philosophers, historians and political scientists (ISCO 2633). Philosophers, historians and political scientists conduct research into the nature of human experience and existence, phases or aspects of human history, and political structures, movements and behaviour.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
34 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- ancestry expert
- art historian
- diplomatic historian
- economic historian
- egyptologist
- family tree researcher
- genealogist
- genealogy expert
- historian
- historians
- military historian
- moralist
- peace and conflict researcher
- peace researcher
- philosopher
- philosophers
- philosophy expert
- philosophy scholar
- philosophy student
- political analyst
- political historian
- political research scientist
- political researcher
- political scholar
- political science researcher
- political scientist
- political studies research scientist
- political studies researcher
- political studies scholar
- political studies scientist
- politics scienctist
- public administration researcher
- pundit
- war researcher
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
Checked on 27 October 2026.