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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Nursing Facility PTA (Nursing Facility Physical Therapy Assistant)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Nursing Facility PTA (Nursing Facility Physical Therapy 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%

“Nursing Facility PTA (Nursing Facility Physical Therapy 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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