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Nursing Assistants
Also filed here: Nursing assistant, Ward attendant, Caregiver, Care worker
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.6% 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
- #674 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.6% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $42,260 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1.5 million in the US, with about 196,200 openings a year
The work, 20 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: Assist individuals with special needs22%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records14%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Stock supplies or products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Interview people to obtain information4%
People try AI for this, but it seldom finishes the work in full.
Still yours: Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Analyze health or medical data4%
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: Collect information about patients or clients4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Dispose of waste or debris3%
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: Administer therapeutic treatments3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Transport patients or clients2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate medical equipment2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect environmental or biological samples2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Explain medical information to patients or family members1%
AI performed this in about 1 in 230 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
AI does this: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers1%
AI performed this in about 1 in 9 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies1%
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 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 196,200 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.
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- Shares 43% of the workLicensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses2% AI does, against 3% here+3% by 2035 · $64,400 · 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 0.03, higher than 5% 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, 31-1131 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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