The Task Exposure Indexv2026.Q3
Occupation · SOC 17-2072.01 · Job Zone 4

AI exposure: Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists

Design and implement radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems used to track shipments or goods.

Reading this score

computed

39.9% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists at the 71th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.6 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.

What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 21 tasks it averages 1.92 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.

The most exposed thing this job does is Analyze radio frequency identification device (RFID)-related supply chain data, at 80.0%. The least is Install, test, or maintain radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems, at 7.8%. A gap of 72.2% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.

Within architecture and engineering occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 56 roles in the group is 37.5%, and only 13 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.

What would move this score. Of 21 tasks, 14 are currently banded exposed, 2 assisted and 5 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.

Task by task

21 tasks, O*NET 31.0
TaskExposedAssistedUntouchedImportanceBand
Analyze radio frequency identification device (RFID)-related supply chain data.80.0%20.0%0.0%3.28exposed
Provide technical support for radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.73.3%26.7%0.0%3.79exposed
Perform site analyses to determine system configurations, processes to be impacted, or on-site obstacles to technology implementation.66.7%33.3%0.0%3.82exposed
Define and compare possible radio frequency identification device (RFID) solutions to inform selection for specific projects.66.7%33.3%0.0%3.61exposed
Read current literature, attend meetings or conferences, or talk with colleagues to stay abreast of industry research about new technologies.65.0%10.0%25.0%3.68exposed
Document equipment or process details of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.60.0%40.0%0.0%3.63exposed
Determine usefulness of new radio frequency identification device (RFID) technologies.55.0%20.0%25.0%3.75exposed
Identify operational requirements for new systems to inform selection of technological solutions.50.0%25.0%25.0%4.15exposed
Perform systems analysis or programming of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.50.0%25.0%25.0%4.09exposed
Select appropriate radio frequency identification device (RFID) tags and determine placement locations.50.0%25.0%25.0%3.82exposed
Determine means of integrating radio frequency identification device (RFID) into other applications.45.0%30.0%25.0%3.81exposed
Develop process flows, work instructions, or standard operating procedures for radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems.45.0%30.0%25.0%3.68exposed
Create simulations or models of radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems to provide information for selection and configuration.30.0%20.0%50.0%3.34exposed
Train users in details of system operation.26.7%23.3%50.0%3.69exposed
Integrate tags, readers, or software in radio frequency identification device (RFID) designs.23.3%26.7%50.0%4.15assisted
Perform acceptance testing on newly installed or updated systems.20.0%30.0%50.0%3.81assisted
Verify compliance of developed applications with architectural standards and established practices.13.3%11.7%75.0%3.73untouched
Collect data about existing client hardware, software, networking, or key business processes to inform implementation of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.11.7%13.3%75.0%3.79untouched
Test radio frequency identification device (RFID) software to ensure proper functioning.8.3%16.7%75.0%3.93untouched
Test tags or labels to ensure readability.8.3%16.7%75.0%3.76untouched
Install, test, or maintain radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems.7.8%8.9%83.3%3.76untouched

Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.

Where the score comes from

judged

Every task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.

DimensionMeanScale
Capability2.560-4
Embodiment1.000-3
Presence0.370-3
Accountability1.210-3
Context1.920-3
Verification cost1.650-3

What this means in practice

Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.

Occupations either side of this one

The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.

Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.