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Ballistics Analysts

SOC 19-4099

Examine firearms and ammunition to link them to crimes or victims.

The job
Median pay
$62k
$48k to $80k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+4.4% projected
Openings a year
11k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
72nd pct
More exposed than 72% of occupations · modeled estimate · 57th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
50/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California10,0900.61.2×$78k
Texas9,1700.71.4×$49k
New York7,3900.81.6×$64k
Maryland3,5101.32.7×$68k
Virginia2,7100.71.4×$67k
Pennsylvania2,6300.40.9×$58k
North Carolina2,3100.51.0×$49k
Georgia2,2300.51.0×$69k
Tennessee2,1500.71.4×$62k
New Jersey2,1400.51.1×$56k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Missouri2,1000.71.5×$50k
Colorado1,8600.61.4×$64k
Florida1,8300.20.4×$63k
Oregon1,6900.91.8×$61k
Louisiana1,6100.81.8×$53k
Minnesota1,3500.51.0×$49k
South Carolina1,2900.61.2×$59k
Massachusetts1,1400.30.7×$64k
Wisconsin1,0700.40.8×$47k
Hawaii1,0501.73.5×$51k
Michigan1,0400.20.5×$59k
Ohio1,0200.20.4×$49k
Washington9800.30.6×$74k
Kansas8800.61.3×$65k
Utah8420.51.0×$59k~
Illinois7500.10.3×$59k
Indiana7500.20.5×$49k
Idaho5500.61.4×$51k
Oklahoma4600.30.6×$86k
Arizona4200.10.3×$58k
Iowa4200.30.6×$50k
Maine3900.61.3×$67k
New Hampshire3600.51.1×$64k
Alabama3500.20.3×$60k
Arkansas3500.30.6×$59k
Nevada3500.20.5×$54k
Mississippi3300.30.6×$59k
Connecticut3200.20.4×$67k
Kentucky3200.20.3×$68k
Nebraska3000.30.6×$49k
West Virginia2300.30.7×$60k
Wyoming2200.81.6×$65k
Rhode Island2100.40.9×$70k
New Mexico1800.20.4×$56k
North Dakota1800.40.9×$69k
Alaska1700.51.1×$71k
Vermont1600.51.1×$63k
Washington DC1500.20.5×$79k
Montana1300.30.5×$52k
Delaware900.20.4×$64k~
South Dakota600.10.3×$52k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ6,470 jobs · $65k median
  2. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,520 jobs · $49k median
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,110 jobs · $81k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,100 jobs · $49k median
  5. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA1,900 jobs · $76k median
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,880 jobs · $78k median
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,570 jobs · $87k median
  8. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD1,520 jobs · $64k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.