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Headline risk

8%

Low Risk

Surgical technologists

United States AI Work IndexISCO 2145title_match

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

115.6 current · 120.8 projectedConfidence high

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $63K

Median annual wage

Demand 5%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 3

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage

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

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 62,830

Employment 2024

115.6K

Projected Change (2024–34)

4.5%

Openings (2024–34)

7.0K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 43,29025th pctl: USD 51,740Median: USD 62,83075th pctl: USD 77,140Top 10%: USD 90,700

Demand outlook

Overall employment of surgical assistants and technologists is projected to grow 5 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.

Education: Postsecondary nondegree award Experience: None

Role Profile

Detail orientedAdaptabilityInterpersonal

Tasks

  • 1. Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing. AI use: 0%

Technologies

MEDITECH softwareMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft WordDatabase software

Requirements

Telework: <5%Telework: >95%License required: 64.0%License required: 36.0%Certificate: <10%Certificate: >90%

Work context

Physical Proximity 5.0/5
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate 4.9/5
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team 4.8/5
Contact With Others 4.7/5
Frequency of Decision Making 4.7/5
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls 4.7/5

Worker profile

Median age 38.8 · 107K employed

Under 25: 10% · 25–54: 71% · 55+: 18%

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