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Occupational Therapy Aides
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 3.6% 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
- Joint #685 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.6% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $39,160 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 4,400 in the US, with about 600 openings a year
The work, 19 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: Train others on health or medical topics11%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
Still yours: Maintain medical equipment or instruments9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Provide support or encouragement to others7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 293 conversations, and it got them there 87% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor resources or inventories6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare health or medical documents6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care6%
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: Maintain health or medical records5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer therapeutic treatments5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Transport patients or clients4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Teach life skills4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,984 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Schedule appointments4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Stock supplies or products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Perform administrative or clerical activities4%
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.
Still yours: Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Manage control systems or activities4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Escort others1%
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 104 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 600 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 62% of the workOccupational Therapy Assistants5% AI does, against 0% here+21.5% by 2035 · $72,300 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 58% of the workPhysical Therapist Aides5% AI does, against 0% here+4% by 2035 · $35,240 · High school diploma
- Shares 53% of the workPhysical Therapist Assistants3% AI does, against 0% 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 10% 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, 31-2012 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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