AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 31-1133.00
Will AI replace Psychiatric Aides?
Psychiatric Aides: AI does not yet handle any of the role's 17 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 17 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Psychiatric Aides, from most to least exposed. None reaches 60, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provide patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Organize, supervise, or encourage patient participation in social, educational, or recreational activities. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routines. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Perform nursing duties, such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Interview patients upon admission and record information. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Accompany patients to and from wards for medical or dental treatments, shopping trips, or religious or recreational events. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Participate in recreational activities with patients, including card games, sports, or television viewing. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Maintain patients' restrictions to assigned areas. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Complete administrative tasks, such as entering orders into computer, answering telephone calls, or maintaining medical or facility information. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 17 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 17 of 17. 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 88% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 88% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 12% 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
- 35,520
- Median annual wage
- $44,910
- Middle half of earners
- $37,750 to $49,950
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- -0.4%
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.
- Psychiatric Technicians 77% skill overlap, about 8 months to move Exposure34
- Personal Care Aides 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure43
- Occupational Therapy Aides 66% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure31
- Physical Therapist Aides 65% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure36
- Home Health Aides 65% skill overlap, about 13 months to move Exposure24
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Psychiatric Aides and AI
Will AI replace Psychiatric Aides?
Not on current evidence. None of the 17 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation reaches a task exposure of 60, the level at which JobRoute counts a task as handled by AI, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 29 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 Psychiatric Aides?
29 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 17 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 17 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Psychiatric Aides tasks can AI already do?
None reaches 60 yet. The most exposed task is: Provide patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff, at 50 out of 100.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-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 Psychiatric Aides, and what do they earn?
35,520 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $44,910 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -0.4% 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: Psychiatric 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/psychiatric-aides
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