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Pharmacy Technicians
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 6.4% 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
- #428 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +6.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $45,750 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 471,200 in the US, with about 44,700 openings a year
The work, 10 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: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products20%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Perform administrative or clerical activities18%
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.
AI does this: Process digital or online data14%
AI performed this in about 1 in 136 Copilot conversations and completed it 81% of the time.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions14%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
AI helps with this: Execute financial transactions8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,073 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
AI helps with this: Verify personal information7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 782 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean medical equipment or facilities5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain medical equipment or instruments5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Sell products or services3%
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 106 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 44,700 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.
- Shares 27% of the workVeterinary Technologists and Technicians9% AI does, against 14% here+9.4% by 2035 · $47,380 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 23% of the workEmergency Medical Technicians7% AI does, against 14% here+5.8% by 2035 · $44,470 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 22% of the workSurgical Technologists0% AI does, against 14% here+5% by 2035 · $64,650 · 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 0.19, higher than 67% 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, 29-2052 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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