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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Per Diem Physical Therapist Assistant (Per Diem PTA)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Per Diem Physical Therapist Assistant (Per Diem PTA)” 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%

“Per Diem Physical Therapist Assistant (Per Diem PTA)” 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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

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

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

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