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AI Work Index

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0%

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Therapists, all other

United States AI Work IndexISCO 2268title_match

United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.

56.1 current · 62.5 projectedConfidence high

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $65K

Median annual wage

Demand 12%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 5

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

All therapists not listed separately.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 6% effective coverage

Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 65,010

Employment 2024

56.1K

Projected Change (2024–34)

11.5%

Openings (2024–34)

4.1K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 38,84025th pctl: USD 49,510Median: USD 65,01075th pctl: USD 85,010Top 10%: USD 120,050

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: Bachelor's degree Experience: —

Role Profile

InterpersonalAdaptabilityProblem solving and decision making

Tasks

  • 1. Design or provide music therapy experiences to address client needs, such as using music for self-care, adjusting to life changes, improving cognitive functioning, raising self-esteem, communicating, or controlling impulses. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Design music therapy experiences, using various musical elements to meet client's goals or objectives. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Sing or play musical instruments, such as keyboard, guitar, or percussion instruments. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Communicate with clients to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to musical experiences. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Customize treatment programs for specific areas of music therapy, such as intellectual or developmental disabilities, educational settings, geriatrics, medical settings, mental health, physical disabilities, or wellness. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Design art therapy sessions or programs to meet client's goals or objectives. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Adobe AcrobatAdobe After EffectsAdobe Creative Cloud softwareAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe Photoshop

Requirements

License required: >90%License required: <10%

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.9/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 4.8/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.7/5
E-Mail 4.7/5
Contact With Others 4.7/5
Contact With Others 4.6/5

Worker profile

Median age 40.1 · 323K employed

Under 25: 7% · 25–54: 77% · 55+: 16%

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