Industry group, 6222
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals
248,170 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $72,860 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: 127 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 37%
- 24%
- 39%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 22% 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, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 23%. Today's estimate: 25%.
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 85% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurses | 43,560 | 28% | 25 million | $97K |
| Mental Health Counselors | 7,625 | 65% | 10 million | $61K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 4,410 | 81% | 7.4 million | $49K |
| Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors | 7,625 | 46% | 7.3 million | $61K |
| Psychiatric Aides | 14,190 | 17% | 4.9 million | $46K |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | 9,580 | 21% | 4.2 million | $63K |
| Nurse Practitioners | 2,900 | 64% | 3.9 million | $149K |
| Social and Human Service Assistants | 4,190 | 44% | 3.8 million | $48K |
| Medical Records Specialists | 1,850 | 89% | 3.4 million | $48K |
| Office Clerks, General | 2,850 | 54% | 3.2 million | $42K |
| Healthcare Social Workers | 3,240 | 43% | 2.9 million | $73K |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | 8,370 | 16% | 2.8 million | $64K |
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. 181 smaller jobs (36,500 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 97% 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 Nurses7.3 million hours60% of the task within reach
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.Registered Nurses5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Plan or conduct programs to prevent substance abuse, combat social problems, or improve health or counseling services in community.Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers4.2 million hours90% of the task within reach
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.Registered Nurses2.6 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 Nurses2.4 million hours40% of the task within reach
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.Registered Nurses2.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.Registered Nurses2.3 million hours50% of the task within reach
- Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.Registered Nurses2.3 million hours30% of the task within reach
- Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.Psychiatric Aides2.2 million hours100% 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 Assistants1.8 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.
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