Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Apply principles of psychology to human resources, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training, and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to organize the work setting to improve worker productivity.
790 people do this job in the US. $193,950 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 15%
- 1%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 2%. Today's estimate: 4%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 25 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze data, using statistical methods and applications, to evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of workplace programs.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Analyze job requirements and content to establish criteria for classification, selection, training, and other related personnel functions.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Facilitate organizational development and change.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.7 work weeks | Stays with people | |
| Develop and implement employee selection or placement programs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 3.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Develop interview techniques, rating scales, and psychological tests used to assess skills, abilities, and interests for the purpose of employee selection, placement, or promotion.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 3.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Formulate and implement training programs, applying principles of learning and individual differences.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 3.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Study organizational effectiveness, productivity, and efficiency, including the nature of workplace supervision and leadership.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 3.3 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Conduct research studies of physical work environments, organizational structures, communication systems, group interactions, morale, or motivation to assess organizational functioning.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 1.7 work weeks1.7 work days to 1.5 work months | 0%Half by Oct 2029 | |
| Write articles, white papers, or reports to share research findings and educate others.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 work days6.7 h to 1.7 work weeks | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Conduct individual assessments, including interpreting measures and providing feedback for selection, placement, or promotion.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 4.2 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 27%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Write reports on research findings and implications to contribute to general knowledge or to suggest potential changes in organizational functioning.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 work days6.7 h to 1.7 work weeks | 0%Half by Jun 2028 | |
| Identify training and development needs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).