Career Explorer Healthcare (clinical)
Grows with AI
Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other
All healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners not listed separately.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 55% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is moderate (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.5% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $115,210
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.5%
- Openings a year
- 1,900
- People doing it (2025)
- 39,600
- Usual route in
- Master's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Advise patients or clients on medical issues
- Assist others to access additional services or resources
- Explain medical information to patients or family members
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases
- Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health
- Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics
What the work looks like
- Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
- Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
- Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics.
- Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
- Educate patients about health care management.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as veteran demand for complementary and integrative health approaches grows.
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Also known as: Doctor (Dr), Naturopathic Doctor, Naturopathic Medicine Doctor, Physician, Clinical Orthoptist (CO), CO (Certified Orthoptist), Naturopathic Endocrinologist, Naturopathic Oncologist.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.