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Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners

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Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners is one of the 98 SOC minor groups — the middle tier of the U.S. Standard Occupational Classification, sitting between the broad job families and individual occupations. It belongs to the Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations family and contains 61 detailed occupations employing about 21,766,600 people, with a median wage of $99,680 across them. BLS projects employment in this group to change +5.7% between 2024 and 2034 , with roughly 1,213,000 openings a year.

Occupations in this group

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 37 occupations in Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Acupuncturists Dental Hygienists Respiratory Therapists Dentists, General Anesthesiologist Assistants Radiation Therapists Art Therapists Recreational Therapists Acute Care Nurses Naturopathic Physicians Nurse Practitioners Family Medicine Physicians Dietitians and Nutritionists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Each occupation in this group with both an AI task-overlap score and a wage, plotted by task-overlap percentile (horizontal) and median-pay percentile (vertical). Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation.

Ranked by U.S. employment (BLS OEWS May 2024). Projected change is BLS 2024–34; AI exposure is the OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" human beta rating (share of an occupation's tasks where an LLM with tools could cut the time to do them by at least half).

Occupation Median pay Employment 2024–34 AI exposure
Acute Care Nurses $93,600 3,282,010 +4.9% 33%
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses $93,600 3,282,010 +4.9% 33%
Clinical Nurse Specialists $93,600 3,282,010 +4.9% 33%
Critical Care Nurses $93,600 3,282,010 +4.9% 33%
Registered Nurses $93,600 3,282,010 +4.9% 33%
Pharmacists $137,480 328,870 +4.6% 40%
Allergists and Immunologists — 315,360 +2.5% 43%
Hospitalists — 315,360 +2.5% 43%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians — 315,360 +2.5% 43%
Physicians, All Other — 315,360 +2.5% 43%
Preventive Medicine Physicians — 315,360 +2.5% 43%
Sports Medicine Physicians — 315,360 +2.5% 43%
Urologists — 315,360 +2.5% 43%
Nurse Practitioners $129,210 307,390 +40.1% 31%
Physical Therapists $101,020 248,630 +10.9% 34%
Dental Hygienists $94,260 219,070 +7.0% 9%
Speech-Language Pathologists $95,410 178,790 +15.0% 39%
Anesthesiologist Assistants $133,260 155,540 +20.4% 10%
Physician Assistants $133,260 155,540 +20.4% 10%
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists $98,340 152,280 +13.8% 29%
Occupational Therapists $98,340 152,280 +13.8% 29%
Respiratory Therapists $80,450 136,420 +12.1% 19%
Dentists, General $172,790 113,490 +4.1% 23%
Family Medicine Physicians $238,380 107,950 +2.7% 38%
Veterinarians $125,510 80,630 +9.6% 23%
Dietitians and Nutritionists $73,850 76,570 +5.5% 46%
General Internal Medicine Physicians $236,350 66,640 +3.3% 37%
Nurse Anesthetists $223,210 50,350 +8.6% 13%
Pediatricians, General $210,130 42,960 +0.8% 37%
Anesthesiologists — 41,890 +3.2% 29%
Optometrists $134,830 41,890 +8.0% 5%
Chiropractors $79,000 37,630 +9.5% 32%
Emergency Medicine Physicians — 33,680 +2.7% 35%
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other $113,730 30,870 +2.0% 38%
Naturopathic Physicians $113,730 30,870 +2.0% 38%
Orthoptists $113,730 30,870 +2.0% 38%
Radiologists — 26,290 +2.7% 51%
Psychiatrists — 24,800 +6.1% 52%
Surgeons, All Other — 24,080 +3.9% —
Obstetricians and Gynecologists — 19,900 +1.2% 30%
Art Therapists $65,010 19,320 +11.5% 50%
Music Therapists $65,010 19,320 +11.5% 50%
Therapists, All Other $65,010 19,320 +11.5% 50%
Radiation Therapists $101,990 18,700 +1.9% 17%
Cardiologists — 18,020 +4.1% 23%
Recreational Therapists $60,280 15,060 +3.3% 36%
Audiologists $92,120 14,730 +9.5% 45%
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric — 14,160 +4.1% 23%
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric — 12,110 +4.3% 34%
Physicians, Pathologists — 11,800 +4.2% 32%
Dermatologists — 10,080 +6.4% 32%
Podiatrists $152,800 9,520 +1.8% 29%
Acupuncturists $78,140 8,440 +6.8% 31%
Nurse Midwives $128,790 8,280 +11.1% 29%
Exercise Physiologists $58,160 8,110 +9.5% 34%
Neurologists — 7,700 +5.4% 37%
Dentists, All Other Specialists $225,770 5,900 +0.3% —
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons — 5,330 +4.1% 8%
Orthodontists — 5,150 +4.4% 20%
Pediatric Surgeons — 1,050 +1.5% 22%

Showing 60 of 61 occupations.

AI exposure across this group

Two published studies estimate how exposed each occupation is to AI. The OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" study rates the share of an occupation's tasks an LLM (with tools) could speed up by half or more; averaged across this group it is 32% — 55th percentile of the 98 groups. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages 0.20 here.

Exposure measures where AI could assist tasks — it is not a prediction that these jobs will be automated. High exposure often means augmentation (faster work), and many high-exposure occupations are also projected to grow.

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. "Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners." 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/occupation-groups/healthcare-diagnosing-or-treating-practitioners

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Singulariki. (2026). Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/healthcare-diagnosing-or-treating-practitioners

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@misc{singulariki-healthcare-diagnosing-or-treating-practitioners,
  title  = {Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/healthcare-diagnosing-or-treating-practitioners}
}

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