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Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other

All life, physical, and social science technicians not listed separately.

US jobs
73,910
Median wage
$62,280 a year
Job family
Science and research

Can agents do the work of life, physical, and social science technicians, all other?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Science and research: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)

Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.

Evidence: CORE-Bench, declared solved.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 11%Analyze environmental or geospatial dataNot measured
  • 9%Create visual designs or displaysNot measured
  • 5%Evaluate the quality or accuracy of dataNot measured
  • 5%Test characteristics of materials or productsNot measured
  • 5%Maintain operational recordsNot measured
  • 5%Collect environmental or biological samplesNot measured
  • 4%Present research or technical informationNot measured
  • 4%Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performanceNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in science and research, not always this occupation's tasks.

Direct evidence

Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.

  • CORE-Benchby Princeton UniversityTask level · CORE-Bench-Hard accuracy (public test set)
    95.5%Claude Code + Claude Opus 4.5 (after manual regrading) · 3 Dec 2025
    Solved

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

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