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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Optometrist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #188 of 702. Estimated risk: 14.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Optometrist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

47%

“Optometrist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 47% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Optometrists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions.

Avg. Annual Salary $140,940
Avg. Hourly Wage $67.76
Available Jobs (US) 41,890
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Optometrists #29-1041
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Optometrists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Examine eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness.

  • Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.

  • Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.

  • Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.

  • Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.

  • Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.

  • Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements, and safety factors.

  • Provide vision therapy and low-vision rehabilitation.

  • Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids.

  • Remove foreign bodies from the eye.

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  • Glass AI
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  • Babcock Winx Pro
  • Prima Systems OPTIX
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  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
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  • Perplexity AI
  • Apple Safari
  • Universal Software Solutions VersaVision
  • Microsoft Excel
  • OfficeMate Software Solutions ExamWRITER
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Abridge
  • HealthLine Systems Eyecom
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Digital Healthcare OptoMize
  • Grok (xAI)
  • First Insight MaximEyes
  • Compulink Business Systems Eyecare Advantage
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Amboss AI
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Insight Software My Vision Express
  • Accra Med Software Filopto
  • Epic AI
  • Sphygmomanometers
  • Desktop computers
  • Trial lens sets
  • Wide jaw angling pliers
  • Keratometers
  • Autorefractors
  • Broken wheel visual acuity cards
  • Yellow condensing lenses
  • Randot stereo tests
  • HRR Hardy-Rand-Rittler plates
  • Lea symbols near vision cards
  • Ophthalmoscopes
  • 8-well lens flippers
  • Child fixation targets
  • 4-well lens holders
  • Adult fixation targets
  • Biomicroscopes
  • Lachrymal cannulae
  • Snipe nose pliers
  • Clear 78 diopter condensing lenses
  • Pediatric near point cards
  • Scleral depressors
  • Corneal topographers
  • Half nylon gripping pliers
  • Amsler grids
  • Non-contact handheld fundus lenses
  • Phoroptors
  • Golf club spuds
  • Tonometers
  • Pupil diameter PD rules
  • Personal computers
  • Notebook computers
  • Lens clocks
  • Clear 20 diopter condensing lenses
  • Ishihara plates
  • Retinal cameras
  • Retinoscopy racks
  • Ophthalmic transilluminators
  • Lachrymal dilators
  • Multiple pinhole mask occluders
  • Contact lens loupes
  • Retinoscopes
  • Color vision testing devices
  • Lens calipers
  • Multiple pin hole occluders
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Snellen eye charts
  • Gonioscopy lenses
  • Binocular indirect ophthalmoscopes
  • Corneal pachymeters
  • Fixation cards
  • Worth 4-dot tests
  • Single Lea symbol books
  • Combined cover paddle occluders
  • Lensometers
  • Hruby lenses
  • Loose prisms
  • Skiascopic lens rack
  • Halberg clips
  • Horizontal prism bars
  • Optical screwdrivers
  • Fundus cameras

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