Veterinarians
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · SOC 29-1131
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 29-1131 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 9.3%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 67/100
- High friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $130,100
- H-1B offered wage $130,000; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 5,100
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +9.6%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 362
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 13,253 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~27% of this role but only ~9.3% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals. Includes veterinarians who conduct research and development, inspect livestock, or care for pets and companion animals.
Common titles: Companion Animal Practitioner, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Emergency Veterinarian (Emergency Vet), Large Animal Veterinarian (Large Animal Vet), Mixed Animal Veterinarian (Mixed Animal Vet), Small Animal Veterinarian (Small Animal Vet)
Representative Tasks
- •Treat sick or injured animals by prescribing medication, setting bones, dressing wounds, or performing surgery.
- •Inoculate animals against various diseases, such as rabies or distemper.
- •Examine animals to detect and determine the nature of diseases or injuries.
- •Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, or other body fluids for examination and analysis.
- •Operate diagnostic equipment, such as radiographic or ultrasound equipment, and interpret the resulting images.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Operate on patients to treat conditions.
- •Prescribe medications.
- •Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.
- •Immunize patients.
- •Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
Tools & Technologies
Related Occupations
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 9.3% | 5.4% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 62% Bright |
| Median Salary | $130,100 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 91/100 | N/A |