Headline risk
1%
Very Low RiskRegistered nurses
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.
Task evidence
99% 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 93,600
Employment 2024
3391.0K
Projected Change (2024–34)
4.9%
Openings (2024–34)
189.1K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 5 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs. AI use: 0%
- 2. Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints. AI use: 0%
- 3. Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions. AI use: 0%
- 4. Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members. AI use: 0%
- 5. Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes. AI use: 0%
- 6. Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans. AI use: 82%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 42.3 · 3.5M employed
Under 25: 6% · 25–54: 73% · 55+: 21%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Registered nurses (RNs) provide and coordinate patient care and educate patients and the public about various health conditions.
Registered nurses work in hospitals, physicians’ offices, home healthcare services, and nursing care facilities. Others work in outpatient clinics and schools.
Registered nurses usually take one of three education paths: a bachelor’s degree in nursing, an associate’s degree in nursing, or a diploma from an approved nursing program. Registered nurses must be licensed.
The median annual wage for registered nurses was $93,600 in May 2024.
Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 5 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.