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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Clinical Neuropsychologists?
Task-level automation exposure for Clinical Neuropsychologists: 18 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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38%
weighted task index
18 of 18 tasks scored
Median Salary
$110,840 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Low
18,820 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+2.3%
employment change
3,500 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 42 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$46,350 – $157,540
Highest medians
California $157,540
Kentucky $149,990
Nevada $146,850
Oklahoma $141,290
Virginia $140,640
Lowest medians
West Virginia $46,350
Illinois $69,810
Vermont $81,080
Wisconsin $81,860
Oregon $86,680
State figures come from the 19-3039 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 38%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 0%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 64%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 7%
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 0/100
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
18 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) 7%
1 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 47%
9 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 46%
8 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 →Emerging & rewritten tasks
Tasks O*NET added or rewrote for this occupation in its recent updates (05/2025 – 08/2026), with who proposed them. Additions are not in the scored task inventory — they are new work O*NET is still measuring, so they appear here and nowhere in the index. A Revision replaces a task that is scored, which is why only those move the "Rewritten by O*NET" share.
- New 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Provide feedback to patients and their families on the results of neuropsychological evaluations and recommendations.
Constituent Tasks
#22219 · Core · 30% automatable
Interview patients to obtain comprehensive medical histories.
interpersonal — Observation and interviews are inherently human
Collect information from people through observation, interviews, or surveys.
#22224 · Core · 72% automatable
Write or prepare detailed clinical neuropsychological reports, using data from psychological or neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct observations, or interviews.
text generation — Reports drafted; presentations need human delivery
Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations.
#22208 · Core · 40% automatable
Conduct neuropsychological evaluations such as assessments of intelligence, academic ability, attention, concentration, sensorimotor function, language, learning, and memory.
interpersonal — Proctoring and standardized administration need human presence
Administer standardized physical or psychological tests.
#22211 · Core · 30% automatable
Diagnose and treat conditions involving injury to the central nervous system, such as cerebrovascular accidents, neoplasms, infectious or inflammatory diseases, degenerative diseases, head traumas, demyelinating diseases, and various forms of dementing illnesses.
decision support — Neuro/psych diagnosis needs interview, testing, clinical accountability
Diagnose neural or psychological disorders.
#22213 · Core · 30% automatable
Diagnose and treat pediatric populations for conditions such as learning disabilities with developmental or organic bases.
decision support — Neuro/psych diagnosis needs interview, testing, clinical accountability
Diagnose neural or psychological disorders.
#22221 · Core · 35% automatable
Provide education or counseling to individuals and families.
interpersonal — Mental health counseling needs trust and accountability
Counsel clients on mental health or personal achievement.
#22215 · Core · 30% automatable
Distinguish between psychogenic and neurogenic syndromes, two or more suspected etiologies of cerebral dysfunction, or between disorders involving complex seizures.
decision support — Neuro/psych diagnosis needs interview, testing, clinical accountability
Diagnose neural or psychological disorders.
#22212 · Core · 30% automatable
Diagnose and treat neural and psychological conditions in medical and surgical populations, such as patients with early dementing illness or chronic pain with a neurological basis.
decision support — Neuro/psych diagnosis needs interview, testing, clinical accountability
Diagnose neural or psychological disorders.
#22209 · Core · 40% automatable
Consult with other professionals about patients' neurological conditions.
interpersonal — Treatment planning collaboration is accountable clinical work
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
#22223 · Core · 50% automatable
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in neuropsychology.
information retrieval — AI can search and summarize literature, human curates
Review professional literature to maintain professional knowledge. Attend conferences or workshops to maintain professional knowledge.
#22214 · Core · 30% automatable
Diagnose and treat psychiatric populations for conditions such as somatoform disorder, dementias, and psychoses.
decision support — Neuro/psych diagnosis needs interview, testing, clinical accountability
Diagnose neural or psychological disorders.
#22217 · Core · 50% automatable
Establish neurobehavioral baseline measures for monitoring progressive cerebral disease or recovery.
decision support — AI drafts care standards; clinical authority decides
Establish standards for medical care.
#22207 · Core · 32% automatable
Compare patients' progress before and after pharmacologic, surgical, or behavioral interventions.
interpersonal — Evaluating client progress needs live relational judgment
Monitor clients to evaluate treatment progress.
#22220 · Core · 18% automatable
Participate in educational programs, in-service training, or workshops to remain current in methods and techniques.
interpersonal — Attending conferences is a physical presence act
Attend conferences or workshops to maintain professional knowledge.
#22216 · Core · 55% automatable
Educate and supervise practicum students, psychology interns, or hospital staff.
text generation — Instruction content AI-assisted; live teaching human
Instruct college students in social sciences or humanities disciplines.
#22210 · Core · 35% automatable
Design or implement rehabilitation plans for patients with cognitive dysfunction.
decision support — AI suggests program designs; clinical judgment and evidence human
Design psychological or educational treatment procedures or programs. Direct medical science or healthcare programs.
#22218 · Core · 47% automatable
Identify and communicate risks associated with specific neurological surgical procedures, such as epilepsy surgery.
decision support — Treatment guidance aided; clinical accountability human
Evaluate treatment options to guide medical decisions. Confer with clients to discuss treatment plans or progress.
#22222 · Core · 35% automatable
Provide psychotherapy, behavior therapy, or other counseling interventions to patients with neurological disorders.
interpersonal — Mental health counseling needs trust and accountability
Counsel clients on mental health or personal achievement.
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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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