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Exercise Physiologists vs Recreational Therapists

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Exercise Physiologists and Recreational Therapists on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Exercise Physiologists Recreational Therapists
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$58,160
$60,280
Employment · BLS OEWS
8,110
15,060
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
40th pct
16th pct

At a glance

Dimension Exercise Physiologists Recreational Therapists
Median pay $58,160 $60,280
Employment 8,110 15,060
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Growing fast (+9.5%) About average (+3.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 1,700 1,300
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 40th pct Low · 16th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 54th pct · 28% of tasks 32nd pct · 20% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (63.3%) Augmentation-leaning (63.1%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Medicine and Dentistry, Writing, Written Expression, Therapy and Counseling, Education and Training, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making, English Language, Complex Problem Solving, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Psychology, Near Vision, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Coordination, Systems Analysis, Fluency of Ideas, Originality, Persuasion, Negotiation.

Specific to Exercise Physiologists

  • Biology
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Far Vision

Specific to Recreational Therapists

  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Administration and Management
  • Time Management

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Medical software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Exercise Physiologists

    Specific to Recreational Therapists

    Full profiles

    This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Exercise Physiologists or Recreational Therapists — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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    Sources for this page

    Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

    Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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    Singulariki. "Exercise Physiologists vs Recreational Therapists." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/exercise-physiologists-vs-recreational-therapists

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    Singulariki. (2026). Exercise Physiologists vs Recreational Therapists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/exercise-physiologists-vs-recreational-therapists

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