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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Dietetic Technicians?
Task-level automation exposure for Dietetic Technicians: 13 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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42%
weighted task index
13 of 13 tasks scored
Median Salary
$37,640 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Medium
31,560 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+2.7%
employment change
4,200 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 46 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$24,960 – $54,670
Highest medians
Oregon $54,670
New York $50,420
Colorado $47,810
Minnesota $47,610
Washington $47,000
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $24,960
Mississippi $28,690
Louisiana $28,860
Kentucky $28,970
Texas $30,280
State figures come from the 29-2051 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 42%
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 70%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 0%
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) 19%
3 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 49%
6 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 32%
4 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
#23922 · Core · 41% automatable
Observe and monitor patient food intake and body weight, and report changes, progress, and dietary problems to dietician.
interpersonal — Clinical handoff carries accountability and nuance
Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments. Monitor nutrition related activities of individuals or groups. Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.
#20421 · Core · 43% automatable
Conduct nutritional assessments of individuals, including obtaining and evaluating individuals' dietary histories, to plan nutritional programs.
decision support — Treatment goals need clinical accountability and context
Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals. Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health. Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
#4165 · Core · 30% automatable
Prepare a major meal, following recipes and determining group food quantities.
physical manipulation — Managing special meal prep is hands-on kitchen work
Manage preparation of special meals or diets.
#4167 · Core · 28% automatable
Supervise food production or service or assist dietitians or nutritionists in food service supervision or planning.
interpersonal — Medical support supervision is live, accountable
Supervise medical support personnel.
#4169 · Core · 43% automatable
Plan menus or diets or guide individuals or families in food selection, preparation, or menu planning, based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines.
decision support — Wellness advice needs tailoring and clinical accountability
Manage preparation of special meals or diets. Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
#4171 · Core · 60% automatable
Develop job specifications, job descriptions, or work schedules.
text generation — Program plans drafted; stakeholder buy-in human
Develop program goals or plans. Develop organizational goals or objectives.
#23923 · Core · 41% automatable
Attend interdisciplinary meetings with other health care professionals to discuss patient care.
interpersonal — Client assessment collaboration is professional judgment
Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments. Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
#4173 · Core · 40% automatable
Provide dietitians with assistance researching food, nutrition, or food service systems.
information retrieval — Literature review aided; wet-lab and clinical research human
Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
#4172 · Core · 30% automatable
Select, schedule, or conduct orientation or in-service education programs.
interpersonal — Provider training is clinical, hands-on, accountable
Train medical providers.
#4166 · Core · 30% automatable
Analyze menus or recipes, standardize recipes, or test new products.
physical manipulation — Managing special meal prep is hands-on kitchen work
Manage preparation of special meals or diets.
#4170 · Supplemental · 63% automatable
Determine food and beverage costs and assist in implementing cost control procedures.
data analysis — Operational cost estimation from data
Estimate operational costs. Estimate supplies, ingredients, or staff requirements for food preparation activities.
#4175 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Refer patients to other relevant services to provide continuity of care.
decision support — Clinical referral judgment needs licensed human accountability
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
#4174 · Supplemental · 62% automatable
Deliver speeches on diet, nutrition, or health to promote healthy eating habits and illness prevention and treatment.
text generation — Health messaging drafted by AI; public delivery human
Communicate health and wellness information to the public.
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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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