AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 29-1071.01
Will AI replace Anesthesiologist Assistants?
Anesthesiologist Assistants: AI can already handle 1 of 16 tasks; the work mostly needs an efficient-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 16 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Anesthesiologist Assistants, from most to least exposed. 1 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Participate in seminars, workshops, or other professional activities to keep abreast of developments in anesthesiology. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Provide clinical instruction, supervision or training to staff in areas such as anesthesia practices. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Control anesthesia levels during procedures. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assist anesthesiologists in monitoring of patients, including electrocardiogram (EKG), direct arterial pressure, central venous pressure, arterial blood gas, hematocrit, or routine measurement of temperature, respiration, blood pressure or heart rate. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Provide airway management interventions including tracheal intubation, fiber optics, or ventilary support. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Respond to emergency situations by providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or pediatric advanced life support (PALS). | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Administer blood, blood products, or supportive fluids. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Collect and document patients' pre-anesthetic health histories. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assist in the provision of advanced life support techniques including those procedures using high frequency ventilation or intra-arterial cardiovascular assistance devices. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Monitor and document patients' progress during post-anesthesia period. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Administer anesthetic, adjuvant, or accessory drugs under the direction of an anesthesiologist. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assist anesthesiologists in performing anesthetic procedures, such as epidural or spinal injections. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assist in the application of monitoring techniques, such as pulmonary artery catheterization, electroencephalographic spectral analysis, echocardiography, or evoked potentials. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Collect samples or specimens for diagnostic testing. | Estimated | Efficient |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 16 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 16 of 16. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 88% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 100% of the work is something AI can address at some tier.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 162,150
- Median annual wage
- $135,880
- Middle half of earners
- $120,670 to $163,980
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +20.4%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034. BLS publishes these figures by SOC code, so O*NET occupations that share a SOC code show the same figures.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Anesthesiologists 78% skill overlap, about 8 months to move Exposure39
- Nurse Anesthetists 74% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure47
- Surgical Assistants 71% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure32
- Physician Assistants 70% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure41
- Medical Assistants 64% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure31
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Anesthesiologist Assistants and AI
Will AI replace Anesthesiologist Assistants?
AI already handles 1 of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 35 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +20.4% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Anesthesiologist Assistants?
35 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 16 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 16 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Anesthesiologist Assistants tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Verify availability of operating room supplies, medications, and gases. It is the only task that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
An efficient-tier model or lower covers 88% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Anesthesiologist Assistants, and what do they earn?
162,150 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $135,880 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +20.4% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Anesthesiologist Assistants. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/anesthesiologist-assistants
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