Nurse Practitioners
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · SOC 29-1171
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 29-1171 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 9.4%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 66/100
- High friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $132,300
- H-1B offered wage $129,802; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 16,900
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +40.1%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 68
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 49,426 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 ~48.1% of this role but only ~9.4% 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 and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.
Common titles: ACNP (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner), Adult Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), ARNP Specialist (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Specialist), Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Family Practice Certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Representative Tasks
- •Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
- •Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
- •Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
- •Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
- •Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Record patient medical histories.
- •Develop medical treatment plans.
- •Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- •Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
- •Diagnose medical conditions.
Tools & Technologies
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 | 9.4% | 5.4% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 62% Bright |
| Median Salary | $132,300 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 91/100 | N/A |