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AI exposure Healthcare practitioners and technical

Will AI replace psychiatric technicians?

Psychiatric Technicians. US occupation 29-2053.

0.0%

of the time psychiatric technicians spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of psychiatric technicians' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 346 of 756 US occupations. No AI use seen in the work yet, along with 410 other occupations.No handover started yet, along with 410 other occupations.

Average US job 7.7%

Among the least exposed jobs there are.Still waiting for liberation.

What AI already does for psychiatric techniciansWhat psychiatric technicians no longer do alone

O*NET lists 14 tasks for psychiatric technicians. None of them shows meaningful AI use at work yet.

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

14 of the 14 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Aid patients in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean.Core task
  • Develop or teach strategies to promote client wellness and independence.Core task
  • Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.Core task
  • Escort patients to medical appointments.Core task
  • Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.Core task
  • Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report unusual behavior or physical ailments to medical staff.Core task
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  • Observe and influence patients' behavior, communicating and interacting with them and teaching, counseling, or befriending them.Core task
  • Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.Core task
  • Take and record measures of patients' physical condition, using devices such as thermometers or blood pressure gauges.Core task
  • Train or instruct new employees on procedures to follow with psychiatric patients.Core task
  • Administer oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures.
  • Contact patients' relatives to arrange family conferences.
  • Interview new patients to complete admission forms, to assess their mental health status, or to obtain their mental health and treatment history.
  • Issue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures.

How that compares

Among the 65 healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, psychiatric technicians rank 56. The group averages 4.1%, and its most exposed job is Medical Records Specialists at 66.7%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

All 756 occupations, ranked

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  1. 346Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 0.0%
  2. 346Prosthodontists 0.0%
  3. 346Psychiatric Aides 0.0%

What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.