Industry group, 6231
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)
1,531,750 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $54,790 a year (BLS, May 2025). What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 572 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 24%
- 4%
- 72%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 16% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 24% within reach now and 39% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this industry's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 5%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 17%. Today's estimate: 18%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 39 largest jobs hold 95% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Assistants | 534,270 | 15% | 169 million | $43K |
| Registered Nurses | 142,270 | 21% | 62 million | $86K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 17,930 | 83% | 31 million | $35K |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | 188,210 | 8% | 31 million | $70K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 10,590 | 87% | 19 million | $46K |
| Medical Records Specialists | 9,790 | 89% | 18 million | $47K |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | 49,350 | 16% | 16 million | $37K |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 60,480 | 10% | 13 million | $35K |
| Healthcare Social Workers | 13,920 | 42% | 12 million | $61K |
| Speech-Language Pathologists | 7,440 | 71% | 11 million | $112K |
| Recreation Workers | 36,210 | 14% | 11 million | $37K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 10,650 | 48% | 11 million | $57K |
People: BLS counts for this industry, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this industry, else its mean, else the national median. 153 smaller jobs (74,460 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 100% of the industry's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole industry, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.Registered Nurses40 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.Nursing Assistants39 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.Nursing Assistants36 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.Nursing Assistants26 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses21 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Explain medical instructions to patients or family members.Nursing Assistants21 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.Registered Nurses19 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.Nursing Assistants19 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.Registered Nurses16 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.Nursing Assistants15 million hours100% of the task within reach
Scan a typical company in this industry
The industry's largest jobs, in the proportions BLS counts across the whole industry, at the pay it pays, run through the company scan. A starting point before you have a roster, or a benchmark for the one you have.
Next to this industry
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly1,013,180 people18% now, 23% by 2028
- Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities687,210 people25% now, 32% by 2028
- Other Residential Care Facilities163,040 people26% now, 36% by 2028
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this industry; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works