Headline risk
1%
Very Low RiskMedical assistants
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
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 5% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 44,200
Employment 2024
811.0K
Projected Change (2024–34)
12.5%
Openings (2024–34)
112.3K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of medical assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height. AI use: 0%
- 2. Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies. AI use: 0%
- 3. Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean. AI use: 0%
- 4. Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records. AI use: 0%
- 5. Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician. AI use: 0%
- 6. Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 35.0 · 680K employed
Under 25: 21% · 25–54: 67% · 55+: 12%
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
Medical assistants complete administrative and clinical tasks, such as scheduling appointments and taking patients’ vital signs.
Most medical assistants work full time. They are employed in physicians’ offices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, and other healthcare facilities.
Medical assistants typically need postsecondary education, such as a certificate. Some enter the occupation with a high school diploma and learn through on-the-job training.
The median annual wage for medical assistants was $44,200 in May 2024.
Employment of medical assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2024 to 2034, much 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.