Industry group, 6219
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
369,130 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $64,440 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: 165 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 51%
- 11%
- 38%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 18% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% 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, 2%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 19%. Today's estimate: 22%.
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 40 largest jobs hold 84% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 8,250 | 81% | 14 million | $45K |
| Registered Nurses | 20,500 | 28% | 12 million | $84K |
| Emergency Medical Technicians | 85,040 | 7% | 12 million | $42K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 8,320 | 64% | 11 million | $45K |
| Phlebotomists | 23,920 | 14% | 6.9 million | $40K |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | 3,490 | 77% | 5.6 million | $46K |
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | 5,390 | 47% | 5.3 million | $46K |
| Office Clerks, General | 4,540 | 54% | 5.1 million | $45K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 3,930 | 59% | 4.8 million | $36K |
| Medical Records Specialists | 2,200 | 89% | 4.1 million | $44K |
| Nurse Practitioners | 2,870 | 64% | 3.8 million | $133K |
| Medical Assistants | 6,200 | 29% | 3.7 million | $43K |
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. 176 smaller jobs (57,130 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 99% 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.
- Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.Emergency Medical Technicians104 million hours99% of the task within reach
- Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.Paramedics31 million hours99% of the task within reach
- Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians8.3 million hours98% of the task within reach
- Learn material and pass required tests for certification.Public Safety Telecommunicators3.8 million hours90% of the task within reach
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.Registered Nurses3.4 million hours60% of the task within reach
- Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants3.3 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.Medical and Health Services Managers2.8 million hours86% of the task within reach
- Document route of specimens from collection to laboratory analysis and diagnosis.Phlebotomists2.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.Registered Nurses2.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Monitor various radio frequencies, such as those used by public works departments, school security, and civil defense, to stay apprised of developing situations.Public Safety Telecommunicators2.3 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.
- Offices of Physicians2,936,460 people39% now, 49% by 2028
- Home Health Care Services1,789,480 people17% now, 21% by 2028
- Offices of Other Health Practitioners1,305,160 people37% now, 45% by 2028
- Outpatient Care Centers1,182,730 people35% now, 48% by 2028
- Offices of Dentists1,054,930 people34% now, 42% by 2028
- Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories309,310 people28% now, 40% 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