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Radiologists
Also filed here: Radiologist
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 3.4% 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
- Joint #326 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3.4% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $420,860 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 28,700 in the US, with about 700 openings a year
The work, 16 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 care15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Analyze health or medical data12%
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: Explain medical information to patients or family members10%
AI performed this in about 1 in 230 Copilot conversations and completed it 96% of the time.
Still yours: Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate medical equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Collect information about patients or clients6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Process shipments or mail6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Prepare health or medical documents6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain health or medical records5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Train others on health or medical topics4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,890 Copilot conversations and completed it 95% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standards4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine operational methods or procedures4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 461 Copilot conversations and completed it 93% of the time.
Still yours: Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans2%
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 700 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
BLS on AIAI tools make radiologists’ workflow more efficient in physician offices and hospitals. Source ↗
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
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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 0.14, higher than 49% 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, 29-1224 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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