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AI Work Index

Headline risk

11%

Low Risk

Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other

United States AI Work IndexISCO 3253title_match

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

41.3 current · 42.2 projectedConfidence high

Why This Score

Tasks 97%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $114K

Median annual wage

Demand 2%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 5

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

All healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners not listed separately.

Task evidence

97% weighted task match · 4% effective coverage

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

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 113,730

Employment 2024

41.3K

Projected Change (2024–34)

2.0%

Openings (2024–34)

2.4K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 65,21025th pctl: USD 83,350Median: USD 113,73075th pctl: USD 161,350Top 10%: USD 194,000

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: Master's degree Experience: —

Role Profile

InterpersonalAdaptabilityDetail oriented

Tasks

  • 1. Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Provide nonsurgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordComputer Aided Vision Therapy CAVTComputer perceptual processing softwareEmail software

Requirements

License required: 93.4%License required: 6.6%Certificate: 13.4%Certificate: 86.6%

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 5.0/5
E-Mail 5.0/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 5.0/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.8/5
Contact With Others 4.8/5
Telephone Conversations 4.8/5

Worker profile

Median age 41.1 · 139K employed

Under 25: 8% · 25–54: 73% · 55+: 19%

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