Career Explorer Healthcare (clinical)
Human edge, growing
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other
All healthcare practitioners and technical workers not listed separately.
More resilient than most: more resilient than 73% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is moderate (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it moderate), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.1% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and ethical judgement.
AI struggles with much of this work, and US employers are expected to hire more people into it than average.
- Median pay (2025)
- $65,790
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.1%
- Openings a year
- 2,200
- People doing it (2025)
- 39,100
- Usual route in
- College certificate
Where people already use AI for this work
- Explain medical information to patients or family members
- Assist others to access additional services or resources
- Analyze health or medical data
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Administer basic health care or medical treatments
- Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options
- Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics
What the work looks like
- Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
- Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.
- Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.
- Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.
- Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), Homebirth Midwife, Licensed Certified Professional Midwife, Licensed Midwife (LM), Birth Center Midwife, Certified Direct-Entry Midwife, Lay Midwife, Licensed and Certified Midwife.
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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.