AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 31-1122.00
Will AI replace Personal Care Aides?
Personal Care Aides: AI can already handle 3 of 11 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 11 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Personal Care Aides, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals or assist families in planning, shopping for, or preparing nutritious meals. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Prepare and maintain records of client progress and services performed, reporting changes in client condition to manager or supervisor. | Observed | Efficient | |
| Train family members to provide bedside care. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Perform healthcare-related tasks, such as monitoring vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses or physiotherapists. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence or obtaining information for them. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Perform housekeeping duties, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes or dishes, or running errands. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 2 of 11 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 9 of 11. 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 91% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 91% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 9% 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
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) publishes no national employment or wage figure for this O*NET occupation.
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.
- Home Health Aides 78% skill overlap, about 8 months to move Exposure24
- Psychiatric Aides 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure29
- Occupational Therapy Aides 64% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure31
- Physical Therapist Aides 64% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure36
- Nursing Assistants 64% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure32
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Personal Care Aides and AI
Will AI replace Personal Care Aides?
AI already handles 3 of the 11 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 43 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.
What is the AI exposure of Personal Care Aides?
43 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. 2 of the 11 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 9 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Personal Care Aides tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles; Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services; Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care. They are the tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 91% 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 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: Personal Care Aides. 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/personal-care-aides
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