Skip to content
AI Work Index

Headline risk

0%

Very Low Risk

Nurse practitioners

United States AI Work IndexISCO 3220title_match

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

320.4 current · 448.8 projectedConfidence high

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $129K

Median annual wage

Demand 40%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 5

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.

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 129,210

Employment 2024

320.4K

Projected Change (2024–34)

40.1%

Openings (2024–34)

29.5K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 97,96025th pctl: USD 109,940Median: USD 129,21075th pctl: USD 149,570Top 10%: USD 169,950

Demand outlook

Overall employment of nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners is projected to grow 35 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.

Education: Master's degree Experience: None

Role Profile

AdaptabilityInterpersonalProblem solving and decision making

Tasks

  • 1. Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses. AI use: 94%
  • 5. Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender. AI use: 0%

Technologies

eClinicalWorks EHR softwareEpic SystemsMEDITECH softwareMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office software

Requirements

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 5.0/5
Telephone Conversations 5.0/5
E-Mail 5.0/5
Exposed to Disease or Infections 4.8/5
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team 4.8/5
Contact With Others 4.7/5

Worker profile

Median age 43.3 · 325K employed

Under 25: 0% · 25–54: 84% · 55+: 16%

Related

No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.

Browse roles