AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 29-1216.00

Will AI replace General Internal Medicine Physicians?

General Internal Medicine Physicians: AI can already handle 3 of 19 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.

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Every task, scored

The 19 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for General Internal Medicine Physicians, from most to least exposed. 3 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.

Task AI exposure Evidence Model tier Importance
Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. 60 Estimated Frontier 4.4
Provide consulting services to other doctors caring for patients with special or difficult problems. 60 Estimated Standard 4.1
Advise surgeon of a patient's risk status and recommend appropriate intervention to minimize risk. 60 Estimated Frontier 4.1
Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff. 50 Estimated Frontier 3.8
Conduct research to develop or test medications, treatments, or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury. 50 Estimated Efficient 3.7
Plan, implement, or administer health programs in hospitals, businesses, or communities for prevention and treatment of injuries or illnesses. 50 Estimated Frontier 3.2
Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract. 30 Estimated Efficient 4.5
Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly. 30 Estimated Efficient 4.5
Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital. 30 Estimated Standard 4.4
Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary. 30 Estimated Efficient 4.3
Immunize patients to protect them from preventable diseases. 30 Estimated Efficient 4.0
Prepare government or organizational reports on birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or the medical status of individuals. 30 Estimated Efficient 3.1
Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.2
Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems. 20 Estimated Efficient 3.7
Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient. 10 Estimated No tier 4.5
Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury. 10 Estimated No tier 4.5
Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients. 10 Estimated No tier 4.4
Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure. 10 Estimated No tier 4.3
Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary. 10 Estimated No tier 4.3

Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 19 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 19 of 19. 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

A frontier-tier model or lower covers 72% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 72% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 28% is hands-on.

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
67,150
Median annual wage
$256,560
Middle half of earners
$124,470 to $374,850
Projected change, 2024 to 2034
+3.3%

Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.

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.

Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.

Questions about General Internal Medicine Physicians and AI

Will AI replace General Internal Medicine Physicians?

AI already handles 3 of the 19 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 31 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 +3.3% from 2024 to 2034.

What is the AI exposure of General Internal Medicine Physicians?

31 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 19 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 19 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.

Which General Internal Medicine Physicians tasks can AI already do?

The tasks with the highest exposure are: Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention; Provide consulting services to other doctors caring for patients with special or difficult problems; Advise surgeon of a patient's risk status and recommend appropriate intervention to minimize risk. They are the tasks that reach 60 or more.

What AI model tier does this role need?

A frontier-tier model or lower covers 72% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 28% is hands-on work that no model tier covers. 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 General Internal Medicine Physicians, and what do they earn?

67,150 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $256,560 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +3.3% 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: General Internal Medicine Physicians. 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/general-internal-medicine-physicians

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