Dietitians and Nutritionists
Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.
77,570 people do this job in the US. $76,400 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 14%
- 11%
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, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 21%. Today's estimate: 23%.
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 . 28 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan, conduct, and evaluate dietary, nutritional, and epidemiological research.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 20% | 3.3 work weeks4.2 work days to 2.3 work months | 0%Half by Dec 2029 | |
| Plan, conduct, and evaluate nutrigenomic or nutrigenetic research.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 20% | 4.2 work weeks1 work week to 3.2 work months | 0%Half by Mar 2030 | |
| Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 10% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.1 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Select, train, and supervise workers who plan, prepare, and serve meals.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Record and evaluate patient and family health and food history, including symptoms, environmental toxic exposure, allergies, medication factors, and preventive health-care measures.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 5% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Manage quantity food service departments or clinical and community nutrition services.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Evaluate laboratory tests in preparing nutrition recommendations.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Develop curriculum and prepare manuals, visual aids, course outlines, and other materials used in teaching.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 3.1 work days | 3%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Coordinate diet counseling services.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Incorporate patient cultural, ethnic, or religious preferences and needs in the development of nutrition plans.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now |
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.
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