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Occupational Therapy Assistants
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 21.5% 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
- #603 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +21.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $72,300 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 52,200 in the US, with about 8,100 openings a year
The work, 21 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: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Provide support or encouragement to others8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 293 conversations, and it got them there 87% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer therapeutic treatments8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Train others on health or medical topics7%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI helps with this: Teach life skills7%
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: Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare health or medical documents4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
Still yours: Assist individuals with special needs4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean medical equipment or facilities3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain medical equipment or instruments3%
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: Fabricate medical devices3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor resources or inventories2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Schedule appointments2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Perform administrative or clerical activities2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 401 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Execute financial transactions2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,073 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 122 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 8,100 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.
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 0.09, higher than 28% 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, 31-2011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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