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Growing jobs safe from AI

25 jobs, ranked. Least AI or robot time first. Data from O*NET, the Anthropic Economic Index and BLS.

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Growing jobs AI touches least. All 25 jobs below have no documented AI or robot time in a typical 8-hour shift, including physical therapist assistants, psychiatric technicians and occupational therapy assistants. Ties are sorted by growth.

This list covers jobs BLS expects to grow at least 5% from 2025 to 2035, with at least 20,000 workers. "Touched" means time spent on tasks where AI use is documented in real usage data or where robots have done the task in a real workplace. Low numbers reflect today's evidence and can change as AI and robots improve. Each job links to its full time card, pay by state and similar jobs.

HumanWith AIAIRobot
  1. 1. Physical Therapist AssistantsNo AI or robot time · $68k · 112K workers · +23% by 2035
  2. 2. Psychiatric TechniciansNo AI or robot time · $45k · 157K workers · +22.3% by 2035
  3. 3. Occupational Therapy AssistantsNo AI or robot time · $72k · 51K workers · +21.5% by 2035
  4. 4. Speech-Language PathologistsNo AI or robot time · $98k · 183K workers · +16.6% by 2035
  5. 5. Diagnostic Medical SonographersNo AI or robot time · $97k · 90K workers · +13.9% by 2035
  6. 6. Marriage and Family TherapistsNo AI or robot time · $67k · 67K workers · +13.5% by 2035
  7. 7. Medical Equipment RepairersNo AI or robot time · $62k · 66K workers · +12.6% by 2035
  8. 8. Industrial EngineersNo AI or robot time · $102k · 366K workers · +12.4% by 2035
  9. 9. Nurse AnesthetistsNo AI or robot time · $237k · 52K workers · +9.7% by 2035
  10. 10. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and RelayNo AI or robot time · $103k · 21K workers · +9.7% by 2035
  11. 11. OptometristsNo AI or robot time · $137k · 43K workers · +9.5% by 2035
  12. 12. ElectriciansNo AI or robot time · $63k · 757K workers · +9.2% by 2035
  13. 13. Respiratory TherapistsNo AI or robot time · $82k · 140K workers · +8.5% by 2035
  14. 14. Materials EngineersNo AI or robot time · $113k · 23K workers · +7.5% by 2035
  15. 15. Social and Human Service AssistantsNo AI or robot time · $46k · 438K workers · +7.4% by 2035
  16. 16. Dental AssistantsNo AI or robot time · $48k · 388K workers · +7.4% by 2035
  17. 17. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness InstructorsNo AI or robot time · $47k · 323K workers · +7.3% by 2035
  18. 18. Mobile Heavy Equipment MechanicsNo AI or robot time · $66k · 177K workers · +6.7% by 2035
  19. 19. Mechanical Door RepairersNo AI or robot time · $56k · 27K workers · +6.4% by 2035
  20. 20. Coaches and ScoutsNo AI or robot time · $47k · 249K workers · +6.1% by 2035
  21. 21. Surgical AssistantsNo AI or robot time · $67k · 22K workers · +6.1% by 2035
  22. 22. Wholesale and Retail BuyersNo AI or robot time · $78k · 491K workers · +6% by 2035
  23. 23. Neurodiagnostic TechnologistsNo AI or robot time · $50k · 183K workers · +5.9% by 2035
  24. 24. Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo AI or robot time · $38k · 146K workers · +5.7% by 2035
  25. 25. ParamedicsNo AI or robot time · $61k · 101K workers · +5.7% by 2035

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