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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Chiropractors?
Task-level automation exposure for Chiropractors: 13 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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39%
weighted task index
13 of 13 tasks scored
Median Salary
$79,200 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Medium
39,630 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+8.7%
employment change
2,600 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 49 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$53,900 – $134,990
Highest medians
New Jersey $134,990
New York $120,950
Maine $107,300
Washington $104,070
Alaska $103,500
Lowest medians
Utah $53,900
Kansas $57,600
Georgia $61,660
Wyoming $62,640
Missouri $65,090
State figures come from the 29-1011 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 39%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 7%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 68%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 17%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 21/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
13 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 15%
2 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 47%
6 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 39%
5 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#6913 · Core · 8% automatable
Perform a series of manual adjustments to the spine or other articulations of the body to correct the musculoskeletal system.
physical manipulation — Physical therapy techniques are hands-on body work
Treat patients using physical therapy techniques.
#6918 · Core · 46% automatable
Obtain and record patients' medical histories.
interpersonal — Patient history requires live elicitation and judgment
Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals. Record patient medical histories.
#6915 · Core · 36% automatable
Diagnose health problems by reviewing patients' health and medical histories, questioning, observing, and examining patients and interpreting x-rays.
information retrieval — History extraction aided; patient interaction human
Gather medical information from patient histories. Examine patients to assess general physical condition. Diagnose medical conditions.
#6914 · Core · 12% automatable
Evaluate the functioning of the neuromuscularskeletal system and the spine using systems of chiropractic diagnosis.
visual inspection — Patient physical assessment is hands-on clinical work
Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
#6916 · Core · 62% automatable
Maintain accurate case histories of patients.
interpersonal — Patient history requires live elicitation and judgment
Record patient medical histories.
#6922 · Core · 48% automatable
Consult with or refer patients to appropriate health practitioners when necessary.
decision support — Clinical referral judgment needs licensed human accountability
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment. Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
#6917 · Core · 55% automatable
Advise patients about recommended courses of treatment.
decision support — Treatment-effect advice needs clinical tailoring
Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
#6920 · Core · 55% automatable
Counsel patients about nutrition, exercise, sleeping habits, stress management, or other matters.
decision support — Wellness advice needs tailoring and clinical accountability
Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
#24030 · Core · 26% automatable
Provide guidance to patients on exercises they can perform to improve mobility.
interpersonal — Personal counseling needs live emotional presence and accountability
Teach exercise or fitness techniques. Engage patients in exercises or activities. Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues.
#6919 · Core · 58% automatable
Analyze x-rays to locate the sources of patients' difficulties and to rule out fractures or diseases as sources of problems.
visual inspection — Image interpretation assists; radiologist owns diagnosis
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
#24031 · Core · 23% automatable
Take x-rays.
physical manipulation — Processing requires physical handling of imaging media
Process x-rays or other medical images. Operate diagnostic imaging equipment. Operate medical equipment.
#20403 · Core · 62% automatable
Recommend and arrange for diagnostic procedures, such as blood chemistry tests, saliva tests, x-rays, or other imaging procedures.
decision support — Clinical scheduling needs human verification of constraints
Schedule patient procedures or appointments.
#6923 · Core · 31% automatable
Suggest and apply the use of supports such as straps, tapes, bandages, or braces if necessary.
decision support — Assistive device recommendations need client-specific assessment
Apply bandages, dressings, or splints. Recommend types of assistive devices.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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