Personal Care Aides

Most exposed tasks

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

No strongly automatable task in the current data release.

Augmentable tasks

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

• Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence or obtaining information for them.55
• Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services.52
• Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance.44

Most durable tasks

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

• Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care.21
• Train family members to provide bedside care.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 40 puts Personal Care Aides in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 0 of 11 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 9 augmentable, and 2 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

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Home Health Aides 36
• Nursing Assistants 43
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers 43
• Psychiatric Aides 44
• Social and Human Service Assistants 55
• Occupational Therapy Aides 44

FAQ — Personal Care Aides

What does a score of 40 mean for a Personal Care Aides?

It means that, weighted across the 11 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 40 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?

This role has no strongly automatable task in the current data release.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care; Train family members to provide bedside care. 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.