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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Dietitians and Nutritionists?
Task-level automation exposure for Dietitians and Nutritionists: 28 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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47%
weighted task index
28 of 28 tasks scored
Median Salary
$76,400 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Medium
77,570 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+7.7%
employment change
5,700 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 53 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$47,210 – $98,850
Highest medians
California $98,850
West Virginia $89,440
Alaska $87,980
New Jersey $84,450
Washington $84,220
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $47,210
Guam $60,260
Mississippi $63,700
Wyoming $64,370
Arizona $64,410
State figures come from the 29-1031 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 47%
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 67%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 9%
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 3/100
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
28 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) 14%
4 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 72%
19 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 14%
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
#314 · Core · 55% automatable
Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
decision support — Treatment goals need clinical accountability and context
Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
#23913 · Core · 49% automatable
Evaluate laboratory tests in preparing nutrition recommendations.
data analysis — Lab finding interpretation; technician verifies results
Monitor nutrition related activities of individuals or groups. Analyze laboratory findings.
#317 · Core · 55% automatable
Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
decision support — Wellness advice needs tailoring and clinical accountability
Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
#316 · Core · 55% automatable
Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
decision support — Wellness advice needs tailoring and clinical accountability
Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
#23914 · Core · 44% automatable
Incorporate patient cultural, ethnic, or religious preferences and needs in the development of nutrition plans.
interpersonal — Cultural/religious interpretation needs lived context
Monitor nutrition related activities of individuals or groups. Interpret cultural or religious information for others.
#315 · Core · 40% automatable
Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient or client.
interpersonal — Treatment planning collaboration is accountable clinical work
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
#23915 · Core · 61% automatable
Record and evaluate patient and family health and food history, including symptoms, environmental toxic exposure, allergies, medication factors, and preventive health-care measures.
data analysis — Compiling data or documentation is largely automatable
Monitor nutrition related activities of individuals or groups. Compile data or documentation. Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
#23916 · Core · 48% automatable
Develop recipes and menus to address special nutrition needs, such as low glycemic, low histamine, or gluten- or allergen-free.
text generation — Menu drafts aided; cost and kitchen constraints human
Create new recipes or food presentations. Plan menu options.
#327 · Core · 22% automatable
Coordinate diet counseling services.
interpersonal — Healthcare delivery direction carries clinical accountability
Direct healthcare delivery programs.
#322 · Core · 75% automatable
Develop curriculum and prepare manuals, visual aids, course outlines, and other materials used in teaching.
text generation — Draft healthcare training; clinician reviews accuracy
Prepare healthcare training materials.
#330 · Core · 40% automatable
Plan, conduct, and evaluate dietary, nutritional, and epidemiological research.
information retrieval — Literature review aided; wet-lab and clinical research human
Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
#331 · Core · 38% automatable
Plan and conduct training programs in dietetics, nutrition, and institutional management and administration for medical students, health-care personnel, and the general public.
interpersonal — Safety training content aided, live delivery human
Conduct health or safety training programs. Train medical providers.
#333 · Core · 52% automatable
Write research reports and other publications to document and communicate research findings.
interpersonal — Medical research presentation needs human delivery
Present medical research reports.
#325 · Supplemental · 30% automatable
Select, train, and supervise workers who plan, prepare, and serve meals.
interpersonal — Caregiver training needs live modeling and supervision
Train caregivers or other non-medical personnel. Supervise medical support personnel.
#332 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Make recommendations regarding public policy, such as nutrition labeling, food fortification, or nutrition standards for school programs.
decision support — Drafts guidance; community trust and liability human
Advise communities or institutions regarding health or safety issues.
#326 · Supplemental · 35% automatable
Manage quantity food service departments or clinical and community nutrition services.
interpersonal — Healthcare operations accountability and staffing are human
Manage healthcare operations.
#318 · Supplemental · 45% automatable
Monitor food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards.
visual inspection — AI reviews records; human observes facility activities
Monitor medical facility activities to ensure adherence to standards or regulations.
#321 · Supplemental · 38% automatable
Inspect meals served for conformance to prescribed diets and standards of palatability and appearance.
visual inspection — AI reviews records; human observes facility activities
Monitor medical facility activities to ensure adherence to standards or regulations. Manage preparation of special meals or diets.
#324 · Supplemental · 70% automatable
Purchase food in accordance with health and safety codes.
decision support — Medical supply ordering via systems; human approves
Order medical supplies or equipment.
#320 · Supplemental · 48% automatable
Develop policies for food service or nutritional programs to assist in health promotion and disease control.
decision support — Drafts health program design; implementation and buy-in human
Design public or employee health programs.
#329 · Supplemental · 30% automatable
Organize, develop, analyze, test, and prepare special meals, such as low-fat, low-cholesterol, or chemical-free meals.
physical manipulation — Managing special meal prep is hands-on kitchen work
Manage preparation of special meals or diets.
#328 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Advise food service managers and organizations on sanitation, safety procedures, menu development, budgeting, and planning to assist with establishment, operation, and evaluation of food service facilities and nutrition programs.
decision support — Drafts guidance; community trust and liability human
Advise communities or institutions regarding health or safety issues.
#323 · Supplemental · 35% automatable
Prepare and administer budgets for food, equipment, and supplies.
interpersonal — Healthcare operations accountability and staffing are human
Manage healthcare operations.
#23917 · Supplemental · 69% automatable
Plan, conduct, and evaluate nutrigenomic or nutrigenetic research.
data analysis — Data quality profiling automated, human sets standards
Evaluate data quality. Devise research or testing protocols.
#319 · Supplemental · 30% automatable
Coordinate recipe development and standardization and develop new menus for independent food service operations.
physical manipulation — Managing special meal prep is hands-on kitchen work
Manage preparation of special meals or diets.
#334 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Plan and prepare grant proposals to request program funding.
text generation — Draft grant text; human owns strategy and budget
Write grant proposals. Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.
#335 · Supplemental · 28% automatable
Test new food products and equipment.
physical manipulation — Functional product testing is hands-on
Test products for functionality or quality. Test characteristics of materials or structures.
#336 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Confer with design, building, and equipment personnel to plan for construction and remodeling of food service units.
interpersonal — Safety consultation involves accountability and human dialogue
Consult with others regarding safety or health equipment or facilities.
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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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