Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.
12,630 people do this job in the US. $35,450 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 48%
- 0%
- 52%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 3%. Today's estimate: 3%.
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.
The tasks
Sorted by . 11 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 45% | 2.1 work days6.7 h to 4.2 work days | 0%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 14% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 12% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Clean and wash rigs, ambulances, or equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Remove and replace soiled linens or equipment to maintain sanitary conditions.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 5% | 17 min8 min to 29 min | Stays with people | |
| Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 5% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, or administering oxygen.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 13 min4 min to 33 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Place patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 8 min4 min to 21 min | Stays with people | |
| Restrain or shackle violent patients.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 0.2% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).