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Automation Risk Analysis

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

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #83 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.8%

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AI Exposure Risk

57%

“Physical Therapist Assistant (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%

“Physical Therapist Assistant (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

  • 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.

  • Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Perform therapeutic wound care.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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