Medical Software
Skill in demand · Lightcast
Medical Software is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 7 occupations that together employ about 536,270 workers, with a median wage of $54,330. Its reach across the occupation map is moderate. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 54th percentile of AI task-exposure ( moderate) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.
This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.
Occupations that need this skill
Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Medical Software, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).
| Occupation | Workers | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Records Specialists | 187,910 | $50,250 |
| Emergency Medical Technicians | 177,980 | $41,340 |
| Paramedics | 99,530 | $58,410 |
| Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars | 37,620 | $67,310 |
| Cardiologists | 18,020 | — |
| Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | 14,160 | — |
| Pediatric Surgeons | 1,050 | — |
How this skill maps to occupations
The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.
- O*NET software category 7
Datasets behind 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.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Medical Software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/medical-software
Singulariki. (2026). Medical Software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/medical-software
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