Occupational Therapy Aides

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records.69
• Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments.60

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Adjust and repair assistive devices and make adaptive changes to other equipment and to environments.51
• Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.49
• Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games.46

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Supervise patients in choosing and completing work assignments or arts and crafts projects.24
• Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments.32
• Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress.32

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 44 puts Occupational Therapy Aides in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 2 of 15 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 10 augmentable, and 3 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: adopt AI deliberately on the augmentable tasks and build visible evidence of the durable ones.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $39,160median wage
• 4,310employed
• 600annual openings
• +1.9%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Physical Therapist Aides 42
• Occupational Therapy Assistants 49
• Physical Therapist Assistants 43
• Psychiatric Technicians 41
• Rehabilitation Counselors 50
• Psychiatric Aides 44

FAQ — Occupational Therapy Aides

What does a score of 44 mean for a Occupational Therapy Aides?

It means that, weighted across the 15 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 44 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records; Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Supervise patients in choosing and completing work assignments or arts and crafts projects; Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments; Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.