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Will AI take my physician assistant job?

Allied Health · SOC 29-1071
82
/ 100
Career Diagnostic Score · allied health

Physician Assistant

In 1 year
81
↓ 1 pts
In 3 years
79
↓ 3 pts
In 5 years
77
↓ 5 pts

Tasks at risk

  • Drafting visit notes and treatment plans
  • Documentation for procedures and consults
  • Patient-education materials for common conditions

Skills to build that AI can't replace

  • Procedural skills and physical exam
  • Real-time clinical reasoning under physician supervision
  • Patient relationship continuity in primary care

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What this score means for Physician Assistant.

The Physician Assistant role scores in the most AI-resistant band. The work that defines it — the physical, procedural, and relational core — is not on the table for current generative AI. Routine paperwork is being eaten; the actual job is not. Over the next 5 years the score is projected to drift down by 5 points based on the allied health vertical's drift rate. We update the score every 3 months as new data comes in.

The four signals.

Can AI do it directly?
5%
Share of tasks AI can already do on its own.
Could AI tools do it soon?
30%
Share of tasks AI tools could plausibly handle soon.
Are people using AI for this now?
19/100
How much real workers are using AI for this work today.
Replacing or helping?
17%
Of that usage, how much is AI replacing vs. helping the worker.

All four are blended into your single 0–100 score. See the exact formula →

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Other roles in Allied Health.

Paramedic / EMT 90Respiratory Therapist 87Occupational Therapist 86Physical Therapist 86Speech-Language Pathologist 81Medical Assistant 79

Sources for this score.

  • Anthropic Economic Index — Anthropic's real usage data (March 2026 release), used for the "real usage" and "replacing vs. helping" signals. huggingface.co/datasets/Anthropic/EconomicIndex
  • Eloundou et al. (2023) — the Stanford / OpenAI study used for the "can AI do it" and "could AI tools do it soon" signals. arXiv:2303.10130
  • U.S. Department of Labor (O*NET 28.0) — the official task-and-skill list for every job in America. onetcenter.org/database
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — the official jobs classification (SOC code). bls.gov/oes