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Physician Assistants
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 21.1% 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
- #563 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +21.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $135,880 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 168,900 in the US, with about 11,500 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: Maintain health or medical records11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer emergency medical treatment9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer basic health care or medical treatments9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prescribe medical treatments or devices7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect information about patients or clients6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Diagnose health conditions or disorders4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Analyze health or medical data4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,718 conversations, and it got them there 85% of the time.
Still yours: Order medical tests or procedures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise patients or clients on medical issues4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 746 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment3%
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: Supervise personnel activities3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 510 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Train others on health or medical topics2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,890 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Collect environmental or biological samples1%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services1%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 121 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 11,500 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.
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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 12% 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, 29-1071 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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