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Psychiatric Aides
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 1.9% 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 #648 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +1.9% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $44,910 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 36,900 in the US, with about 4,900 openings a year
The work, 15 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: Provide support or encouragement to others14%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 293 conversations, and it got them there 87% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist individuals with special needs10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options10%
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: Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Train others on health or medical topics4%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI does this: Perform administrative or clerical activities4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 401 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Escort others4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect environmental or biological samples3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer basic health care or medical treatments3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Interview people to obtain information3%
People try AI for this, but it seldom finishes the work in full.
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 4,900 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 53% of the workPsychiatric Technicians10% AI does, against 4% here+22.3% by 2035 · $45,130 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 51% of the workNursing Assistants3% AI does, against 4% here+2.6% by 2035 · $42,260 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 49% of the workPhysical Therapist Aides5% AI does, against 4% here+4% by 2035 · $35,240 · High school diploma
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 0.07, higher than 19% 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, 31-1133 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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