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Massage Therapists
Also filed here: Massage, Masseuse, Spa therapist
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 15.3% 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
- #546 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +15.3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $58,450 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 155,400 in the US, with about 20,400 openings a year
The work, 9 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: Administer therapeutic treatments29%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Interview people to obtain information13%
People try AI for this, but it seldom finishes the work in full.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Stock supplies or products10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others on health or medical topics8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,890 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
Still yours: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care4%
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 115 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 20,400 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 30% of the workPhysical Therapist Assistants3% AI does, against 8% here+23% by 2035 · $68,380 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 26% of the workOccupational Therapy Aides0% AI does, against 8% here+3.6% by 2035 · $39,160 · High school diploma
- Shares 20% of the workDining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers0% AI does, against 8% here+5.3% by 2035 · $33,980 · No formal credential
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 0.01, higher than 3% 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, 31-9011 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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