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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 5.1% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
Clinical work often uses specialised medical AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
- Rank
- #331 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $65,790 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 39,100 in the US, with about 2,200 openings a year
The work, 22 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Administer basic health care or medical treatments12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Analyze health or medical data9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,718 conversations, and it got them there 85% of the time.
AI does this: Assist others to access additional services or resources7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 31 Copilot conversations and completed it 88% of the time.
Still yours: Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise patients or clients on medical issues6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 746 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
AI does this: Explain medical information to patients or family members6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 230 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Diagnose health conditions or disorders6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect environmental or biological samples4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer emergency medical treatment3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect information about patients or clients3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare health or medical documents1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Research healthcare issues1%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 142 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 105 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 2,200 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 43% of the workLicensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses2% AI does, against 22% here+3% by 2035 · $64,400 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 40% of the workTherapists7% AI does, against 22% here+12.6% by 2035 · $77,930 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 35% of the workCardiovascular Technologists and Technicians12% AI does, against 22% here+3.7% by 2035 · $74,310 · Associate’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Health front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.14, higher than 48% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Clinical work often uses specialised medical AI tools that consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches it.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 29-9099 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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