AI Career Radar

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.

AI exposure42 / 100Moderate 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 automation30
Freedom to set tasks74
Repeating the same tasks73
$64,400Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+3%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (about average)BLS Employment Projections
63Skill 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
Active Listening
63
72
Speaking
63
72
Monitoring
63
72
Critical Thinking
63
69
Judgment and Decision Making
63
66
Coordination
62
75
Active Learning
62
60
Complex Problem Solving
62
56
Reading Comprehension
61
69
Time Management
61
66
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
75
Writing
60
56
Learning Strategies
58
53
Instructing
58
53
Systems Analysis
57
50
Service Orientation
56
78
Systems Evaluation
56
47
Persuasion
54
47
Mathematics
53
47
Negotiation
52
47
Science
52
41
Management of Personnel Resources
50
47
Operations Analysis
49
19
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
25
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Technology Design
47
19
Troubleshooting
47
19
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Equipment Selection
47
3
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
41
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
6
Operation and Control
43
41

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.

87/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

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

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis, Operations Monitoring

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$97,870
10-yr growth
+16.6%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Learning Strategies, Writing, Instructing

#5Nurse MidwivesHealthcare
83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$134,040
10-yr growth
+11.5%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Active Learning, Critical Thinking

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$96,590
10-yr growth
+13.9%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

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

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 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.