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Healthcare Support Workers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 4.8% 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
- #496 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $48,430 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 113,900 in the US, with about 14,100 openings a year
The work, 17 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: Maintain medical equipment or instruments10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer therapeutic treatments10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare health or medical documents7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean medical equipment or facilities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect environmental or biological samples5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Perform administrative or clerical activities5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 171 conversations, and it got them there 89% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI does this: Train others on health or medical topics4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,890 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor resources or inventories4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate medical equipment4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Transport patients or clients3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
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 14,100 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 48% of the workOccupational Therapy Aides0% AI does, against 10% here+3.6% by 2035 · $39,160 · High school diploma
- Shares 44% of the workMedical Equipment Preparers4% AI does, against 10% here+10.8% by 2035 · $47,700 · High school diploma
- Shares 42% of the workPhysical Therapist Assistants3% AI does, against 10% here+23% by 2035 · $68,380 · 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 0.05, higher than 14% 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, 31-9099 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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