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Medical Assistants
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 12.9% 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
- #504 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +12.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $45,690 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 833,900 in the US, with about 109,700 openings a year
The work, 18 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.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Schedule appointments7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Execute financial transactions6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,073 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Interview people to obtain information6%
People try AI for this, but it seldom finishes the work in full.
Still yours: Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean medical equipment or facilities6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Explain medical information to patients or family members5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 230 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Perform administrative or clerical activities5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 401 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Prescribe medical treatments or devices4%
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: Monitor resources or inventories3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate medical equipment3%
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 113 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 109,700 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.
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- Shares 41% of the workNursing Assistants3% AI does, against 10% here+2.6% by 2035 · $42,260 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 39% of the workPsychiatric Aides4% AI does, against 10% here+1.9% by 2035 · $44,910 · High school diploma
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 0.07, higher than 19% 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, 31-9092 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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