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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Assistant” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Assistant” 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 57% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Assistant” 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 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Physical Therapist Assistants, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.

Avg. Annual Salary $67,160
Avg. Hourly Wage $32.29
Available Jobs (US) 108,010
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Physical Therapist Assistants #31-2021
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Physical Therapist Assistants”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.

  • Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.

  • Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.

  • Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

  • Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.

  • Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.

  • Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.

  • Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.

  • Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.

  • Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

  • Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

  • Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.

  • Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.

  • Document patient information, such as notes on their progress.

  • Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.

  • Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.

  • Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.

  • Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.

  • Instruct patients in proper body mechanics and in ways to improve functional mobility, such as aquatic exercise.

Technologies & Software

  • dBASE
  • Beaver Creek Software The THERAPIST
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • SpectraSoft DocuPRO
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • SpectraSoft AppointmentsPRO
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Client caseload management software
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Laboratory information system LIS
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Video game software
  • Virtual reality game software
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Knees Software PT DocTools
  • Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
  • Arena Health Systems Phys-X
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • DeepSeek
  • Gemini (Google)
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Bookkeeping software
  • PhysioTools Tools RG
  • Eazy Application Systems QuickEMR
  • Scheduling software
  • BioEx Systems Exercise Pro
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Summit Software CarePoint
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Accounting software
  • TherAssist
  • Word processing software
  • Email software
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Billing software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Sliding boards
  • Reachers
  • Cervical traction equipment
  • Whirlpool therapy baths
  • Pick-up walkers
  • Swiss exercise balls
  • Lower-body isokinetic machines
  • Reciprocating walkers
  • Crutches
  • Safety gloves
  • Notebook computers
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Resistive exercise bands
  • Electromyographs EMG
  • Exercise trampolines
  • Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
  • Platform walkers
  • Cardiac monitors
  • Muscle strength dynamometers
  • Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
  • Single point canes
  • Plumb lines
  • Sequential compression devices
  • Massage equipment
  • Knee braces
  • Inclinometers
  • Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
  • Ultrasound machines
  • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
  • Upper-body isokinetic machines
  • Therapeutic hot packs
  • Standing tables
  • Interferential electrical stimulation machines
  • Pelvic traction equipment
  • Posture grids
  • Arm prosthetics
  • Medicine balls
  • Balance beams
  • Rotating bed
  • Digital cameras
  • Patient positioning devices
  • Blood pressure cuffs
  • Free weights
  • Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
  • Hemi walkers
  • Safety goggles
  • Standing cages
  • High-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
  • Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets
  • Cold packs
  • Above-the-knee prosthetics
  • Stretchers
  • Gait belts
  • Paraffin baths
  • Desktop computers
  • Splints
  • Portable oxygen equipment
  • Protective gowns
  • Tablet computers
  • Goniometers or arthrometers
  • Slings
  • Hi-lo manipulation tables
  • Ergometers
  • Short wave diathermy devices
  • Parallel bars
  • Wrist splints
  • Wheelchairs
  • Front-wheel walkers
  • Quad canes
  • Tilt tables
  • Ankle-foot orthotics
  • Below-the-knee prosthetics
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Total lift chairs
  • Stationary bicycles
  • Hoyer lifts
  • Powder boards
  • Digital video cameras
  • Pulse oximeters
  • Balance boards
  • Hydrotherapy pools
  • Surgical masks
  • Mechanical percussors
  • Hand grips
  • Reflex hammers
  • Intermittent compression units
  • Body-fat calipers
  • Lavage hydrotherapy equipment
  • Personal computers
  • Iontopheresis equipment
  • Medical nasal cannulas
  • Back braces