As of June 2026, Log Graders and Scalers has an AI-exposure score of 56/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Log Graders and Scalers

56/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 53% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$46,330. About 600 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).

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How you compare to similar Farming & Forestry roles

Log Graders and Scalers (you)
56
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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable
  • Weigh log trucks before and after unloading, and record load weights and supplier identities.
Augmentable
  • Communicate with coworkers by signals to direct log movement.
  • Measure felled logs or loads of pulpwood to calculate volume, weight, dimensions, and marketable value, using measuring devices and conversion tables.
  • Evaluate log characteristics and determine grades, using established criteria.
  • Arrange for hauling of logs to appropriate mill sites.
  • Record data about individual trees or load volumes into tally books or hand-held collection terminals.
  • Measure log lengths and mark boles for bucking into logs, according to specifications.
  • Paint identification marks of specified colors on logs to identify grades or species, using spray cans, or call out grades to log markers.
  • Identify logs of substandard or special grade so that they can be returned to shippers, regraded, recut, or transferred for other processing.
  • Saw felled trees into lengths.
  • Drive to sawmills, wharfs, or skids to inspect logs or pulpwood.
Durable
  • Jab logs with metal ends of scale sticks, and inspect logs to ascertain characteristics or defects such as water damage, splits, knots, broken ends, rotten areas, twists, and curves.

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