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Psychiatric Aides

Assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff. May assist with daily living activities, lead patients in educational and recreational activities, or accompany patients to and from examinations and treatments. May restrain violent patients. Includes psychiatric orderlies.

AI exposure39 / 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 automation22
Freedom to set tasks69
Repeating the same tasks68
$44,910Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+1.9%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
53Skill durability (fragile)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
Speaking
63
72
Active Listening
63
69
Monitoring
63
69
Critical Thinking
63
60
Judgment and Decision Making
63
53
Active Learning
62
56
Coordination
62
56
Complex Problem Solving
62
53
Reading Comprehension
61
53
Time Management
61
47
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
72
Writing
60
53
Instructing
58
53
Learning Strategies
58
47
Systems Analysis
57
25
Service Orientation
56
72
Systems Evaluation
56
35
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
28
Negotiation
52
50
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
31
Operations Analysis
49
6
Installation
48
0
Troubleshooting
47
25
Quality Control Analysis
47
25
Management of Financial Resources
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Technology Design
47
16
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
25
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
3
Operation and Control
43
25

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.

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$72,300
10-yr growth
+21.5%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Time Management, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies

#2Physical Therapist AssistantsHealthcare Support
85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$68,380
10-yr growth
+23%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Time Management

#3Massage TherapistsHealthcare Support
84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$58,450
10-yr growth
+15.3%
Skill gap
2%
Retraining
Low
82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$65,160
10-yr growth
+19.4%
Skill gap
16%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Learning Strategies

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
20%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Psychiatric Aides 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.