Industry group, 6223
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals
313,020 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $93,550 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: 173 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 42%
- 20%
- 39%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 23% 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, 25%. Today's estimate: 27%.
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 78% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurses | 73,710 | 28% | 43 million | $103K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 10,460 | 81% | 18 million | $48K |
| Speech-Language Pathologists | 4,800 | 71% | 7 million | $107K |
| Physical Therapists | 10,120 | 22% | 4.7 million | $105K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 3,130 | 64% | 4.2 million | $51K |
| Nurse Practitioners | 3,010 | 64% | 4 million | $141K |
| Respiratory Therapists | 8,160 | 23% | 4 million | $83K |
| Pharmacists | 5,200 | 35% | 3.8 million | $155K |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,390 | 74% | 3.7 million | $51K |
| Medical Records Specialists | 1,940 | 89% | 3.6 million | $60K |
| Occupational Therapists | 7,980 | 21% | 3.4 million | $103K |
| Nursing Assistants | 28,810 | 5% | 2.9 million | $46K |
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. 225 smaller jobs (66,070 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 98% 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 Nurses12 million hours60% of the task within reach
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.Registered Nurses8.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.Registered Nurses4.4 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 Assistants4.2 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 Nurses4 million hours40% of the task within reach
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.Registered Nurses4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.Registered Nurses4 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 Nurses3.9 million hours30% of the task within reach
- Engage in research activities related to nursing.Registered Nurses2.9 million hours78% 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 Managers2.7 million hours86% 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