Surgeons, All Other

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

O*NET-SOC code: 29-1249.00

All surgeons not listed separately.

Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery high
Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
Source dataset (XLSX download)
Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.27
0.09Range of values carried here0.70
Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
Source dataset (PDF download)

What kind of figure this source publishes

The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.

Task-level exposure

Show 11 hidden tasks

Tasks of O*NET-SOC 2010 occupation 29-1067.00 Surgeons, linked to this occupation by the O*NET-SOC 2010 to 2019 crosswalk

Task (O*NET 20.1)	Claude.aiRaw / share %
Analyze patient's medical history, medication allergies, physical condition, and examination results to verify operation's necessity and to determine best procedure. 29-1067.00	0.002252.5
Provide consultation and surgical assistance to other physicians and surgeons. 29-1067.00	0.002047.5

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All O*NET 31.0 task statements (0)

All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.

The O*NET® 31.0 Database lists no task statements for this occupation.

Employment outlook (BLS)

Employment, 2025: 28K
Projected employment, 2035: 29K
Change (2025–35): +4%
Median annual wage, 2025: $414,010
Typical education needed for entry: Doctoral or professional degree

lowest $30,890median wage across 825 detailed occupations, BLS EP 2025–35highest $559,030

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35 — Employment by detailed occupation, 2025 and projected 2035

Korea classification links (KSCO)

Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.

KSCO code	KSCO title	Relation	Status
24112	외과 전문 의사	This occupation is narrower	confirmed

Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)

ILO occupational description

AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.

ISCO-08 2212Specialist Medical Practitioners

The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.

Specialist medical practitioners (medical doctors) diagnose, treat and prevent illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans, using specialized testing, diagnostic, medical, surgical, physical and psychiatric techniques, through application of the principles and procedures of modern medicine. They specialize in certain disease categories, types of patient or methods of treatment and may conduct medical education and research in their chosen areas of specialization.

Tasks

(a) conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status;
(b) considering medical information provided by a referring doctor or other health care provider;
(c) ordering specialized diagnostic tests to determine the nature of disorders or illnesses;
(d) prescribing, administering and monitoring patients' responses to treatments, medications, anaesthetics, psychotherapies, physical rehabilitation programmes and other preventive and curative measures;
(e) performing surgery of a general or specialized nature;
(f) managing complications before, during and after childbirth;
(g) recording patients' medical information and exchanging information with other health professionals to ensure the provision of comprehensive care;
(h) reporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities to meet legal and professional requirements;
(i) providing information to patients and families and communities about preventive measures, treatment and care for specific ailments;
(j) performing autopsies to determine cause of death;
(k) conducting research into specific human disorders and illnesses and preventive or curative methods and disseminating the findings such as through scientific reports;
(l) planning and participating in programmes designed to prevent the occurrence and spread of specific diseases.

Example occupations

Anaesthetist · Cardiologist · Emergency medicine specialist · Gynaecologist · Obstetrician · Ophthalmologist · Paediatrician · Pathologist · Preventive medicine specialist · Psychiatrist · Radiation oncologist · Radiologist · Resident medical officer in specialist training · Specialist medical practitioner (public health) · Specialist physician (internal medicine) · Specialist physician (nuclear medicine) · Surgeon

Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits

ESCO occupational vocabulary

ISCO-08 2212

specialised doctorESCO 2212.1
Specialised doctors prevent, diagnose and treat diseases depending on their medical or surgical specialty.

ESCO occupations that ESCO classifies under the ISCO-08 unit groups linked above; they are not matched to this occupation one by one.

Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)

License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)

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France classification links (ROME)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.

ROME code	ROME title (French)	Relation
J1122	Chirurgien plasticien / Chirurgienne plasticienne	This occupation is broader

Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.

ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.

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