Psychiatrists

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 submit case reports or summaries to government or mental health agencies.60
• Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals.55
• Analyze and evaluate patient data or test findings to diagnose nature or extent of mental disorder.45

Most durable tasks

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

• Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.20
• Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition or mental disorder.25
• Advise or inform guardians, relatives, or significant others of patients' conditions or treatment.25

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 37 puts Psychiatrists in the third quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 0 of 12 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 6 augmentable, and 6 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

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

• $281,870median wage
• 27,980employed
• 900annual openings
• +6.3%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.

• Clinical Neuropsychologists 30
• Neuropsychologists 35
• Neurologists 36
• Pediatricians, General 33
• Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 34
• Family Medicine Physicians 37

How this score was calculated

FAQ — Psychiatrists

Will AI replace Psychiatrists?

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 37 mean for a Psychiatrists?

It means that, weighted across the 12 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 37 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the third 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: Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits; Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition or mental disorder; Advise or inform guardians, relatives, or significant others of patients' conditions or treatment. 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.