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Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 19.4% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #444 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +19.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $61,560 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 31,200 in the US, with about 3,800 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
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standards15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect facilities or equipment11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Advise others on healthcare or wellness issues11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 214 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Test sites or materials for environmental hazards9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Research healthcare issues9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 142 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare health or medical documents8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Follow standard healthcare safety procedures to protect patient and staff members6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain medical equipment or instruments5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop contingency or emergency response plans4%
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.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public3%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
Still yours: Develop public or community health programs1%
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 119 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 3,800 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
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Where your skills travel.
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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 0.10, higher than 33% 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.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 19-5012 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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