Personal Care Aides

Most exposed tasks

No task is classified fully automatable in this release. The highest-exposure task relative to this role is shown in the free snapshot above; the assistive work is detailed next.

Augmentable tasks

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

• Prepare and maintain records of client progress and services performed, reporting changes in client condition to manager or supervisor.45
• Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence or obtaining information for them.40
• Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care.35

Most durable tasks

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

• Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance.8
• Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles.10
• Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle.10

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 24 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, 3 augmentable, and 8 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.

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 19
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers 31
• Nannies 23
• Psychiatric Aides 19
• Social and Human Service Assistants 34
• Occupational Therapy Aides 28

How this score was calculated

FAQ — Personal Care Aides

Will AI replace Personal Care Aides?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 24 mean for a Personal Care Aides?

It means that, weighted across the 11 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 24 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: Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance; Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles; Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle. 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.