Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
See all skills →Endoscopy Technicians
Occupation · SOC 31-9099.02
Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May obtain specimens.
Also called: Certified Endo Tech (Certified Endoscopy Technician) · Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (CFER) · Endoscopy Technician (Endoscopy Tech) · GI Tech (Gastrointestinal Technician) · Certified Endoscopic Reprocessor (CER) · Certified Flexible Endoscopy Reprocessor (CFER) · Endoscope Technician (Endoscope Tech) · Endoscopy Specialty Technician (Endoscopy Specialty Tech) · Procedural Assistant (Procedural Asst) · Scope Tech (Scope Technician) · Endoscopic Technician (Endo Technician) · Gastroenterology Technician (Gastroenterology Tech)
Job family: Healthcare Support Occupations
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AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+3.5% by 2034)
- 14,400 openings/yr
- Low AI exposure
- Median pay $46,050/yr
- Work is mostly on-site (not teleworkable)
26th-percentile task overlap — yet about 14,400 openings a year (+3.5% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) Moderate | 52nd | 0.2 | |
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) Low | 21st | 0.2 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) Low | 12th | 0.1 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.1), with simple added tooling (β 0.1), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.2). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
This job mostly cannot be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman) — its hands-on tasks sit outside what software-based AI reaches.
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | About average · +3.5% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 14,400 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 109,700 → 113,500 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international 2 occupations below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Endoscopy Technicians sits at the 43rd percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
— exposure rose from 2023 to 2025. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
23% mean task exposure (2025)
43rd percentile of 427 placed occupations
+3 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Health Associate Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified · 3259 | 30% | Minimal |
| Personal Care Workers in Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified · 5329 | 15% | Not exposed |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
Tasks
All 12 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards. Core · importance 5.0
- Collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures. Core · importance 4.9
- Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning. Core · importance 4.9
- Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment. Core · importance 4.9
- Assist physicians or registered nurses in the conduct of endoscopic procedures. Core · importance 4.8
- Place devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeter sensors, nasal cannulas, surgical cautery pads, and cardiac monitoring electrodes, on patients to monitor vital signs. Core · importance 4.7
- Prepare suites or rooms according to endoscopic procedure requirements. Core · importance 4.6
- Maintain inventories of endoscopic equipment and supplies. Core · importance 4.4
- Attend in-service training to validate or refresh basic professional skills. Core · importance 4.4
- Conduct in-service training sessions to disseminate information regarding equipment or instruments. Core · importance 4.2
- Position or transport patients in accordance with instructions from medical personnel. Core · importance 4.1
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in endoscopy. Core · importance 4.0
Work activities
- Clean medical equipment.
- Maintain medical equipment or instruments.
- Inventory medical supplies or equipment.
- Monitor medical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Prepare patient treatment areas for use.
- Move patients to or from treatment areas.
- Adjust positions of patients on beds or tables.
- Assist practitioners to perform medical procedures.
- Attend educational events to update medical knowledge.
- Collect biological specimens from patients.
- Teach medical procedures to healthcare personnel.
- Operate medical equipment.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Abilities
| Near Vision | 4.0 | |
| Problem Sensitivity | 3.9 | |
| Oral Comprehension | 3.8 | |
| Oral Expression | 3.8 | |
| Written Comprehension | 3.6 | |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | 3.4 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 3.3 | |
| Information Ordering | 3.3 | |
| Manual Dexterity | 3.3 | |
| Finger Dexterity | 3.3 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.3 | |
| Written Expression | 3.1 | |
| Category Flexibility | 3.1 | |
| Selective Attention | 3.1 | |
| Control Precision | 3.1 | |
| Speech Clarity | 3.1 | |
| Inductive Reasoning | 3.0 | |
| Flexibility of Closure | 3.0 |
Knowledge
| English Language | 3.9 | |
| Customer and Personal Service | 3.5 | |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3.5 | |
| Education and Training | 3.4 | |
| Computers and Electronics | 3.3 | |
| Production and Processing | 3.0 |
Essential skills
| Reading Comprehension | 3.6 | |
| Active Listening | 3.6 | |
| Critical Thinking | 3.4 | |
| Writing | 3.1 | |
| Speaking | 3.1 | |
| Active Learning | 3.1 | |
| Monitoring | 3.1 |
Transferable skills
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.3 | |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.1 | |
| Coordination | 3.0 | |
| Instructing | 3.0 | |
| Service Orientation | 3.0 | |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.0 | |
| Operation and Control | 3.0 | |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | |
| Time Management | 3.0 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
Tools & technology
| Example | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| MEDITECH software | Medical software | Hot technology |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | Hot technology |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | Hot technology |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | Hot technology |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | Hot technology |
| Email software | Electronic mail software | |
| Patient electronic medical record EMR software | Medical software | |
| Scheduling software | Calendar and scheduling software |
Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 2 — Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Education
- Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- Typical entry-level education
- High school diploma or equivalent · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
- Preparation level
- SVP (Below 6.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Health Professions and Related Programs . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Education of current workers
Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.
| High School Diploma | 53.9% | |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 30.8% | |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 11.5% | |
| Some College Courses | 3.9% |
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Realistic | 6.5 | |
| Conventional | 5.1 | |
| Investigative | 4.1 | |
| Social | 3.0 |
Interest areas
| Health Care Service | 6.0 | |
| Mechanics/Electronics | 4.0 | |
| Medical Science | 3.6 | |
| Life Science | 2.7 | |
| Physical/Manual Labor | 2.5 | |
| Engineering | 2.4 | |
| Teaching/Education | 1.9 |
Work styles
| Dependability | 4.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 3.0 | |
| Cooperation | 2.4 | |
| Cautiousness | 2.4 | |
| Integrity | 2.0 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $32,450 |
| 25th percentile | $37,570 |
| Median (50th) | $46,050 |
| 75th percentile | $57,650 |
| 90th percentile | $68,180 |
| People employed | 103,650 |
Wages and employment are reported by BLS for the broader occupation group this specialty belongs to (SOC 31-9099), not for the specialty alone.
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 60,630 | $43,200 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 13,000 | $48,000 |
| Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists · National industry | 4,610 | $50,120 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services · Sector | 3,850 | $42,020 |
| Temporary Help Services · National industry | 2,880 | $46,960 |
| Retail Trade · Sector | 1,490 | $50,460 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) · Sector | 1,150 | $31,170 |
| Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities · National industry | 1,050 | $38,080 |
| Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities · National industry | 930 | $52,000 |
| Finance and Insurance · Sector | 740 | $59,850 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Sector | 740 | $60,210 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises · Sector | 740 | $37,640 |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists · National industry | 14.39× | 4,610 |
| Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities · National industry | 6.04× | 1,050 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 3.9× | 60,630 |
| Offices of Chiropractors · National industry | 3.47× | 340 |
| Offices of Optometrists · National industry | 2.05× | 210 |
| Temporary Help Services · National industry | 1.62× | 2,880 |
| Educational Services · Sector | 1.42× | 13,000 |
| Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers · National industry | 1.36× | 410 |
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Part of the Healthcare & Human Services career cluster.
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Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.
What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Endoscopy Technicians — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- High school diploma or equivalent · typical entry level
- Job zone 2 — Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Health Professions and Related Programs · field of study
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 43rd percentile of 427 international occupations.
Write a report on thisheadline · factoids · citation
Endoscopy Technicians show 26th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 14,400 annual U.S. openings
- Endoscopy Technicians rank in the 26th percentile (Low band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 14,400 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be about average (+3.5%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $46,050, across about 103,650 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
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Endoscopy Technicians show 26th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 14,400 annual U.S. openings • Endoscopy Technicians rank in the 26th percentile (Low band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 14,400 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be about average (+3.5%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $46,050, across about 103,650 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Endoscopy Technicians". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-31-9099-02 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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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.
- 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
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
- Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Plain
Singulariki. "Endoscopy Technicians." 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; 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; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-31-9099-02
APA
Singulariki. (2026). Endoscopy Technicians. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-31-9099-02
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-31-9099-02,
title = {Endoscopy Technicians},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; 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; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-31-9099-02}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.