Physical Therapists
HealthcareAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-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
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.017
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.28
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 73% score at or above this value.
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
Exposed tasks onlyValues in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.O*NET Task ID 370 | 1.0 |
Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.O*NET Task ID 374 | 1.0 |
Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.O*NET Task ID 364 | 0.5 |
Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.O*NET Task ID 369 | 0.5 |
Provide educational information about physical therapy or physical therapists, injury prevention, ergonomics, or ways to promote health.O*NET Task ID 381 | 0.5 |
Refer clients to community resources or services.O*NET Task ID 382 | 0.5 |
Conduct or support research and apply research findings to practice.O*NET Task ID 383 | 0.5 |
Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.O*NET Task ID 363 | 0.0 |
Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.O*NET Task ID 365 | 0.0 |
Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.O*NET Task ID 366 | 0.0 |
Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.O*NET Task ID 367 | 0.0 |
Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.O*NET Task ID 368 | 0.0 |
Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.O*NET Task ID 371 | 0.0 |
Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.O*NET Task ID 372 | 0.0 |
Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.O*NET Task ID 373 | 0.0 |
Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives.O*NET Task ID 375 | 0.0 |
Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.O*NET Task ID 377 | 0.0 |
Administer treatment involving application of physical agents, using equipment, moist packs, ultraviolet or infrared lamps, or ultrasound machines.O*NET Task ID 378 | 0.0 |
Teach physical therapy students or those in other health professions.O*NET Task ID 379 | 0.0 |
Evaluate, fit, or adjust prosthetic or orthotic devices or recommend modification to orthotist.O*NET Task ID 380 | 0.0 |
Participate in community or community agency activities or help to formulate public policy.O*NET Task ID 384 | 0.0 |
Construct, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices.O*NET Task ID 385 | 0.0 |
Direct group rehabilitation activities.O*NET Task ID 386 | 0.0 |
Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy.O*NET Task ID 20407 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page