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Emergency Medical Technicians
Also filed here: Paramedic, EMT, Ambulance
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 5.8% 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
- #571 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +5.8% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $44,470 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 181,900 in the US, with about 13,800 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: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care20%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Administer emergency medical treatment13%
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.
AI helps with this: Analyze health or medical data7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,718 conversations, and it got them there 85% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
Still yours: Clean medical equipment or facilities7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain medical equipment or instruments7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Provide support or encouragement to others7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 293 conversations, and it got them there 87% of the time.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products7%
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 13,800 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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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 0.08, higher than 24% 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, 29-2042 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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