Will AI replace Quality Control Analysts?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
47/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 73% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 5% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 70% of the work
What the job involves
Conduct tests to determine quality of raw materials, bulk intermediate and finished products. May conduct stability sample tests.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(1)
- Compile laboratory test data and perform appropriate analyses.
Within reach(18)
- Interpret test results, compare them to established specifications and control limits, and make recommendations on appropriateness of data for release.
- Investigate or report questionable test results.
- Complete documentation needed to support testing procedures, including data capture forms, equipment logbooks, or inventory forms.
- Identify and troubleshoot equipment problems.
- Monitor testing procedures to ensure that all tests are performed according to established item specifications, standard test methods, or protocols.
and 13 more
Out of reach(7)
- Conduct routine and non-routine analyses of in-process materials, raw materials, environmental samples, finished goods, or stability samples.
- Calibrate, validate, or maintain laboratory equipment.
- Ensure that lab cleanliness and safety standards are maintained.
- Receive and inspect raw materials.
- Perform visual inspections of finished products.
and 2 more
Also called
QA Tech (Quality Assurance Technician) · Quality Control Analyst (QC Analyst) · Quality Control Technician (QC Tech) · QA Tech · Quality Analyst · QC Analyst · QC Tech · QA Auditor (Quality Assurance Auditor)
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics