Occupation
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
Feed, water, and examine pets and other nonfarm animals for signs of illness, disease, or injury in laboratories and animal hospitals and clinics. Clean and disinfect cages and work areas, and sterilize laboratory and surgical equipment. May provide routine postoperative care, administer medication orally or topically, or prepare samples for laboratory examination under the supervision of veterinary or laboratory animal technologists or technicians, veterinarians, or scientists.
Is Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers a safe career from AI?
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers scores 45 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is low. Most of what this job involves is not the kind of task current AI systems are good at, largely because it happens in a physical place rather than on a screen.
Its human advantage score is 55. There is a real physical and in-person component to this work, alongside a good deal that could be done from anywhere. Market demand scores 64 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 9.1% over ten years.
What Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers pay
The median wage is $37,320 a year. The lower quarter earns under $34,320 and the upper quarter over $44,550. About 114,190 people do this work in the United States.
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