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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Endoscopy Technicians?
Task-level automation exposure for Endoscopy Technicians: 12 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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17%
weighted task index
12 of 12 tasks scored
Median Salary
$48,430 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
High
109,740 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+4.8%
employment change
14,100 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 52 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$26,660 – $73,590
Highest medians
District of Columbia $73,590
Washington $62,040
Alaska $61,300
Massachusetts $58,340
Delaware $57,760
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $26,660
Louisiana $34,040
Mississippi $34,900
Alabama $36,760
Arkansas $38,040
State figures come from the 31-9099 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 17%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 55%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 36%
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 31/100
Moderate
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
12 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) 0%
0 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 8%
1 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 92%
11 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
#17519 · Core · 9% automatable
Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards.
physical manipulation — Hands-on cleaning of medical equipment
Clean medical equipment. Maintain medical equipment or instruments.
#17527 · Core · 5% automatable
Collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures.
physical manipulation — Invasive specimen collection needs hands-on clinical skill
Collect biological specimens from patients.
#17521 · Core · 30% automatable
Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning.
visual inspection — Medical equipment monitoring needs physical presence
Monitor medical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
#17523 · Core · 8% automatable
Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment.
physical manipulation — Hands-on medical instrument maintenance
Maintain medical equipment or instruments.
#17525 · Core · 10% automatable
Assist physicians or registered nurses in the conduct of endoscopic procedures.
physical manipulation — Hands-on assistance during medical procedures
Assist practitioners to perform medical procedures.
#17530 · Core · 18% automatable
Place devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeter sensors, nasal cannulas, surgical cautery pads, and cardiac monitoring electrodes, on patients to monitor vital signs.
physical manipulation — Medical equipment operated hands-on on patients
Operate medical equipment.
#17522 · Core · 12% automatable
Prepare suites or rooms according to endoscopic procedure requirements.
physical manipulation — Physical setup of patient treatment areas
Prepare patient treatment areas for use.
#17520 · Core · 55% automatable
Maintain inventories of endoscopic equipment and supplies.
data analysis — Records trackable; physical verification of medical stock human
Inventory medical supplies or equipment.
#17526 · Core · 18% automatable
Attend in-service training to validate or refresh basic professional skills.
interpersonal — Attending educational events is a human presence act
Attend educational events to update medical knowledge.
#17528 · Core · 30% automatable
Conduct in-service training sessions to disseminate information regarding equipment or instruments.
interpersonal — Medical procedure teaching is hands-on clinical instruction
Teach medical procedures to healthcare personnel.
#17524 · Core · 4% automatable
Position or transport patients in accordance with instructions from medical personnel.
physical manipulation — Moving patients requires hands-on body handling
Move patients to or from treatment areas. Adjust positions of patients on beds or tables.
#17529 · Core · 18% automatable
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in endoscopy.
interpersonal — Attending educational events is a human presence act
Attend educational events to update medical knowledge.
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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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