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Podiatrists
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 2% more of these jobs by 2035, slower 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 #333 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $160,300 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 10,000 in the US, with about 200 openings a year
The work, 12 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: Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases27%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Analyze health or medical data10%
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: Diagnose health conditions or disorders10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise patients or clients on medical issues10%
AI performed this in about 1 in 746 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Prescribe medical treatments or devices9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Assist others to access additional services or resources7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 31 Copilot conversations and completed it 88% of the time.
Still yours: Fabricate medical devices5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Adjust medical equipment to ensure adequate performance5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services4%
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 102 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 200 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.
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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 0.14, higher than 50% 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, 29-1081 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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