Chiropractors
Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system. May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.
39,630 people do this job in the US. $79,200 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 54%
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, 6%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 27%. 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.
The tasks
Sorted by . 13 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnose health problems by reviewing patients' health and medical histories, questioning, observing, and examining patients and interpreting x-rays.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 19% | 29 min17 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Evaluate the functioning of the neuromuscularskeletal system and the spine using systems of chiropractic diagnosis.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 16% | 21 min13 min to 33 min | Stays with people | |
| Perform a series of manual adjustments to the spine or other articulations of the body to correct the musculoskeletal system.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 14% | 17 min8 min to 33 min | Stays with people | |
| Counsel patients about nutrition, exercise, sleeping habits, stress management, or other matters.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 11% | 17 min8 min to 33 min | Stays with people | |
| Provide guidance to patients on exercises they can perform to improve mobility.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 10% | 17 min8 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Obtain and record patients' medical histories.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 17 min8 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Advise patients about recommended courses of treatment.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Maintain accurate case histories of patients.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 8 min4 min to 17 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Analyze x-rays to locate the sources of patients' difficulties and to rule out fractures or diseases as sources of problems.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 17 min8 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Suggest and apply the use of supports such as straps, tapes, bandages, or braces if necessary.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 13 min4 min to 21 min | Stays with people | |
| Take x-rays.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Consult with or refer patients to appropriate health practitioners when necessary.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 13 min4 min to 25 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.
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From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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