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Dental Assistants
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 7.4% 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
- #486 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +7.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $48,070 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 388,600 in the US, with about 53,000 openings a year
The work, 14 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 records15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Fabricate medical devices13%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean medical equipment or facilities10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer basic health care or medical treatments6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Explain medical information to patients or family members6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 230 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Operate medical equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Interview people to obtain information5%
People try AI for this, but it seldom finishes the work in full.
Still yours: Monitor resources or inventories5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others on health or medical topics5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,890 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Schedule appointments3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Execute financial transactions3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,073 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Fit assistive devices to patients or clients2%
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 107 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 53,000 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 43% of the workLicensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses2% AI does, against 11% here+3% by 2035 · $64,400 · Postsecondary certificate
- Shares 41% of the workDiagnostic Medical Sonographers4% AI does, against 11% here+13.9% by 2035 · $96,590 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 39% of the workNursing Assistants3% AI does, against 11% here+2.6% by 2035 · $42,260 · 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 0.06, higher than 14% 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, 31-9091 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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