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Pharmacy Aides
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 0.7% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
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
- -0.7% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $37,680 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 39,200 in the US, with about 5,100 openings a year
The work, 9 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
AI helps with this: Perform administrative or clerical activities25%
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 resources or inventories22%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prescribe medical treatments or devices13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Stock supplies or products10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean medical equipment or facilities7%
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: Maintain health or medical records6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Execute financial transactions5%
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 99 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 5,100 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 39% of the workMedical Equipment Preparers4% AI does, against 0% here+10.8% by 2035 · $47,700 · High school diploma
- Shares 38% of the workPharmacy Technicians14% AI does, against 0% here+6.4% by 2035 · $45,750 · High school diploma
- Shares 36% of the workMedical Records Specialists53% AI does, against 0% here+7.8% by 2035 · $51,140 · Postsecondary certificate
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 29% 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, 31-9095 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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