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Medical Appliance Technicians
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 3.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #601 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $48,030 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 11,300 in the US, with about 1,300 openings a year
The work, 15 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: Fabricate medical devices21%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Take physical measurements of patients or clients9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Position workpieces or materials on equipment7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Drill holes in earth or materials7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Join parts using soldering, welding, or brazing techniques7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain medical equipment or instruments7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Read documents or materials to inform work processes6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Position materials or components for assembly5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate cutting or grinding equipment5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Train others to use equipment or products4%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Apply protective solutions or coatings4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Repair tools or equipment4%
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 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 1,300 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work 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 0.04, higher than 8% 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.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 51-9082 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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