AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 29-1299.01
Will AI replace Naturopathic Physicians?
Naturopathic Physicians: AI can already handle 13 of 20 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 20 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Naturopathic Physicians, from most to least exposed. 13 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Educate patients about health care management. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Order diagnostic imaging procedures such as radiographs (x-rays), ultrasounds, mammograms, and bone densitometry tests, or refer patients to other health professionals for these procedures. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Obtain medical records from previous physicians or other health care providers for the purpose of patient evaluation. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Conduct periodic public health maintenance activities such as immunizations and screenings for diseases and disease risk factors. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Perform venipuncture or skin pricking to collect blood samples. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Perform mobilizations and high-velocity adjustments to joints or soft tissues, using principles of massage, stretching, or resistance. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Perform minor surgical procedures, such as removing warts, moles, or cysts, sampling tissues for skin cancer or lipomas, and applying or removing sutures. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Treat minor cuts, abrasions, or contusions. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Consult with other health professionals to provide optimal patient care, referring patients to traditional health care professionals as necessary. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Maintain professional development through activities such as postgraduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens. | Observed | Standard | |
| Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines, such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Diagnose health conditions, based on patients' symptoms and health histories, laboratory and diagnostic radiology test results, or other physiological measurements, such as electrocardiograms and electroencephalographs. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Administer treatments or therapies, such as homeopathy, hydrotherapy, Oriental or Ayurvedic medicine, electrotherapy, and diathermy, using physical agents including air, heat, cold, water, sound, or ultraviolet light to catalyze the body to heal itself. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Prescribe synthetic drugs under the supervision of medical doctors or within the allowances of regulatory bodies. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 1 of 20 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 19 of 20. 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 standard-tier model or lower covers 67% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 73% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 27% 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
- 28,630
- Median annual wage
- $115,210
- Middle half of earners
- $83,780 to $161,470
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +2.0%
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.
- Family Medicine Physicians 65% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure35
- Nurse Practitioners 63% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure41
- Sports Medicine Physicians 62% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure48
- Chiropractors 62% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure47
- Acupuncturists 61% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure33
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Naturopathic Physicians and AI
Will AI replace Naturopathic Physicians?
AI already handles 13 of the 20 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 54 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 +2.0% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Naturopathic Physicians?
54 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. 1 of the 20 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 Naturopathic Physicians tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics; Educate patients about health care management; Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories. They are three of the 13 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-tier model or lower covers 67% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 27% 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 Naturopathic Physicians, and what do they earn?
28,630 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $115,210 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +2.0% 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: Naturopathic 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/naturopathic-physicians
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