AI Career Radar

Medical Assistants

Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.

AI exposure44 / 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 automation27
Freedom to set tasks67
Repeating the same tasks76
$45,690Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+12.9%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (much faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
58Skill 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
Critical Thinking
63
66
Monitoring
63
63
Judgment and Decision Making
63
50
Coordination
62
63
Active Learning
62
56
Complex Problem Solving
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
69
Time Management
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
75
Writing
60
60
Learning Strategies
58
53
Instructing
58
53
Systems Analysis
57
35
Service Orientation
56
63
Systems Evaluation
56
35
Persuasion
54
44
Mathematics
53
41
Science
52
41
Negotiation
52
38
Management of Personnel Resources
50
35
Operations Analysis
49
16
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
28
Management of Material Resources
47
28
Management of Financial Resources
47
25
Troubleshooting
47
19
Equipment Selection
47
16
Technology Design
47
13
Equipment Maintenance
47
13
Operations Monitoring
46
38
Repairing
46
13
Programming
45
13
Operation and Control
43
28

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.

88/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$72,300
10-yr growth
+21.5%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Time Management, Service Orientation, Learning Strategies

#2Physical Therapist AssistantsHealthcare Support
88/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$68,380
10-yr growth
+23%
Skill gap
8%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Persuasion, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

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

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$96,590
10-yr growth
+13.9%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

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

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$65,160
10-yr growth
+19.4%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Instructing, Persuasion, Service Orientation, Complex Problem Solving

#6Massage TherapistsHealthcare Support
84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$58,450
10-yr growth
+15.3%
Skill gap
1%
Retraining
Low

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Medical Assistants 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.