Healthcare Practitioners

Physician Assistants

SOC 29-1071

Examine, diagnose, and treat patients under a physician's supervision.

Median pay

$136k

$121k to $164k typical range

Outlook

Growing fast

12k openings / yr

Education

Master's

AI displacement risk

Very low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

32/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

28th pct

More exposed than 28% of occupations · modeled estimate · 12th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

88/100

Key skills

Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Speaking
Active Learning

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.