Medical Assistants
Healthcare Support · SOC 31-9092
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 31-9092 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 4.8%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 56/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $45,690
- H-1B offered wage $47,316; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 99,700
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +12.5%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 2
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 158,480 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.
Best transitions from here
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~35.9% of this role but only ~4.8% 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
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
Common titles: Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), Chiropractor Assistant, Clinical Medical Assistant, Doctor's Assistant, Health Assistant, Ophthalmic Assistant
Representative Tasks
- •Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
- •Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
- •Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
- •Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
- •Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment.
- •Clean medical equipment.
- •Dispose of biomedical waste in accordance with standards.
- •Interview patients to gather medical information.
- •Record vital statistics or other health information.
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 | 4.8% | 1.9% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 69% Bright |
| Median Salary | $45,690 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 95/100 | N/A |