AI Career Radar

Paramedics

Administer basic or advanced emergency medical care and assess injuries and illnesses. May administer medication intravenously, use equipment such as EKGs, or administer advanced life support to sick or injured individuals.

AI exposure31 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation18
Freedom to set tasks74
Repeating the same tasks52
$60,600Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+5.7%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
56Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Critical Thinking
63
69
Active Listening
63
66
Speaking
63
63
Monitoring
63
63
Judgment and Decision Making
63
60
Coordination
62
69
Active Learning
62
60
Complex Problem Solving
62
56
Reading Comprehension
61
63
Time Management
61
47
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
69
Writing
60
47
Instructing
58
53
Learning Strategies
58
44
Systems Analysis
57
35
Service Orientation
56
72
Systems Evaluation
56
31
Persuasion
54
53
Mathematics
53
35
Negotiation
52
41
Science
52
31
Management of Personnel Resources
50
35
Operations Analysis
49
6
Installation
48
0
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Troubleshooting
47
19
Quality Control Analysis
47
19
Technology Design
47
13
Management of Financial Resources
47
13
Equipment Selection
47
9
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
44
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
13
Operation and Control
43
50

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
20%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Writing

#4Dental HygienistsHealthcare
81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$98,100
10-yr growth
+8%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Active Listening, Time Management

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$96,590
10-yr growth
+13.9%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Active Listening, Writing

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$72,300
10-yr growth
+21.5%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Time Management, Systems Analysis, Learning Strategies, Writing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Paramedics could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.