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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Surgical Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #247 of 702. Estimated risk: 34.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Surgical Technician” will probably not 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 44% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

55%

“Surgical Technician” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 55% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Surgical Technologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Avg. Annual Salary $65,810
Avg. Hourly Wage $31.64
Available Jobs (US) 113,890
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Surgical Technologists #29-2055
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Surgical Technologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.

  • Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.

  • Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.

  • Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.

  • Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.

  • Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.

  • Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.

  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.

  • Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.

  • Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

Technologies & Software

  • Abridge
  • Graphics software
  • Google Drive
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Supply documentation software
  • Glass AI
  • Patient scheduling software
  • Nursing documentation software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Email software
  • Nabla Copilot
  • Perplexity AI
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Word processing software
  • Patient tracking software
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • MEDITECH software
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Amboss AI
  • Epic AI
  • Surgery workflow communication software
  • Database software
  • Internet browser software
  • Warm air blankets
  • Washer sterilizers
  • Autotransfusion systems
  • Defibrillators
  • Ethylene oxide sterilizers
  • Dermatome blades
  • Slow suction units
  • Fracture tables
  • Master control units or manipulators
  • Wheelchairs
  • Pneumatic tourniquets
  • Orthopedic arm boards with drains
  • Anesthesia machines
  • Kleinert-Kutz elevators
  • Surgical forceps
  • Cavitrons
  • Adjustable height instrument tables
  • Nerve stimulators
  • Cardiac leg wedges
  • Surgical retractors
  • Fiber optic luminators
  • Surgical navigation systems
  • Ohio suction units
  • Air driver drills
  • Syringes
  • Loupes
  • Eye lasers
  • Surgical robots
  • Personal computers
  • Motorized lift tables
  • Suction machines
  • Neurotome drills
  • Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
  • Intestinal stapling devices
  • Central venous catheters
  • Scalpels
  • Sternal saws
  • Ring stands
  • Endoscopic camera/video systems
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
  • Orthopedic drills
  • Minidriver drills
  • Cholangiocath catheters
  • Linear staplers
  • Autologous blood recovery systems
  • Manual blood pressure units
  • Fluoroscopy equipment
  • Steri-vac aeration cabinets
  • Venodynes
  • Cryo-ophthalmic units
  • Mayo stands
  • Laparoscopes
  • Instrument positioning equipment
  • Medical imagining laser printers
  • Surgical drills
  • Eye magnets
  • Surgical clamps
  • Digital electrosurgical units
  • Graspers
  • Autoclaves
  • Electrosurgical grounding pads
  • Surgical dissectors
  • Surgical stapling equipment
  • Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
  • Tourniquets
  • Hyper/hypothermia units
  • Wound drains
  • Suturing needle forceps
  • Suture needles
  • Surgical robotics equipment
  • Intraluminal staplers
  • Tracheostomy tubes
  • Surgical drapes
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Blood/fluid warmers
  • Washer sanitizers
  • Skin staplers
  • Foot-operated suction units
  • Doppler ultrasound equipment
  • Surgical elevators
  • Portable suction units
  • Cardiovascular stents
  • Cell savers
  • Notebook computers
  • Electrocautery equipment
  • Cryo units
  • Robotic arms
  • Retractors
  • Needle holders
  • Dermatomes
  • Instrument tables
  • Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YAG lasers
  • Continuous suction machines
  • Surgical probes
  • Argon beam coagulators
  • Voice activated surgical systems
  • Electronic blood pressure cuffs
  • Insufflators
  • Robotic manipulators
  • Vacuum extractors
  • Lithotripters
  • Surgical aspirators
  • Coronary bypass pumps
  • Stretchers
  • Electrosurgical monitors
  • Smoke evacuators
  • Surgical lasers
  • X ray machines
  • Surgical pneumatic drills
  • Positioning equipment
  • Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
  • Desktop computers
  • Video cassette recorders VCR
  • Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
  • Chest drains
  • Thermal cautery units
  • Lab specimen containers
  • Electrosurgical units
  • Endoscopy equipment
  • Tablet computers
  • Microscopes
  • Remote manipulation robots
  • Pulmonary resuscitators
  • Craniotome drills
  • Surgical drains
  • Suturing kits
  • Medical image database systems
  • Sterad machines
  • Spark-gap electrosurgical units
  • Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
  • Surgical dilators
  • Flash autoclaves