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Will AI Replace Genetic Counselors?
Task-level automation exposure for Genetic Counselors: 19 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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50%
weighted task index
19 of 19 tasks scored
Median Salary
$100,040 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Low
3,740 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+10.4%
employment change
300 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 28 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$82,750 – $137,650
Highest medians
California $137,650
New Jersey $117,750
New York $107,450
Colorado $106,100
Delaware $106,010
Lowest medians
Georgia $82,750
Missouri $83,980
Michigan $84,970
Indiana $89,640
Wisconsin $92,170
State figures come from the 29-9092 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 50%
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 43%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 19%
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 38/100
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
19 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) 16%
3 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 77%
15 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 6%
1 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
#17504 · Core · 28% automatable
Provide counseling to patient and family members by providing information, education, or reassurance.
interpersonal — Medical communication needs empathy and clinical accountability
Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members. Interact with patients to build rapport or provide emotional support.
#17500 · Core · 58% automatable
Analyze genetic information to identify patients or families at risk for specific disorders or syndromes.
visual inspection — Image interpretation assists; radiologist owns diagnosis
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
#17502 · Core · 55% automatable
Provide genetic counseling in specified areas of clinical genetics, such as obstetrics, pediatrics, oncology and neurology.
decision support — Treatment-effect advice needs clinical tailoring
Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
#17506 · Core · 42% automatable
Discuss testing options and the associated risks, benefits and limitations with patients and families to assist them in making informed decisions.
interpersonal — Medical communication needs empathy and clinical accountability
Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
#17508 · Core · 49% automatable
Interview patients or review medical records to obtain comprehensive patient or family medical histories, and document findings.
interpersonal — Patient history requires live elicitation and judgment
Gather medical information from patient histories. Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals. Record patient medical histories.
#17509 · Core · 42% automatable
Provide patients with information about the inheritance of conditions such as cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and various forms of cancer.
interpersonal — Medical communication needs empathy and clinical accountability
Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
#17507 · Core · 43% automatable
Interpret laboratory results and communicate findings to patients or physicians.
interpersonal — Clinical handoff carries accountability and nuance
Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members. Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.
#17511 · Core · 68% automatable
Write detailed consultation reports to provide information on complex genetic concepts to patients or referring physicians.
text generation — Summarize diagnostic and care activities into reports
Prepare reports summarizing patient diagnostic or care activities.
#17517 · Core · 75% automatable
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in genetics.
information retrieval — AI summarizes medical updates; human retains judgment
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
#17503 · Core · 45% automatable
Assess patients' psychological or emotional needs, such as those relating to stress, fear of test results, financial issues, and marital conflicts to make referral recommendations or assist patients in managing test outcomes.
decision support — Functional assessment aided by data, exam human
Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
#17505 · Core · 46% automatable
Determine or coordinate treatment plans by requesting laboratory services, reviewing genetics or counseling literature, and considering histories or diagnostic data.
decision support — Treatment goals need clinical accountability and context
Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals. Develop medical treatment plans. Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
#17501 · Core · 40% automatable
Explain diagnostic procedures such as chorionic villus sampling (CVS), ultrasound, fetal blood sampling, and amniocentesis.
interpersonal — Results delivery needs empathy and clinical judgment
Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
#17510 · Core · 55% automatable
Refer patients to specialists or community resources.
decision support — Clinical referral judgment needs licensed human accountability
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
#17518 · Core · 75% automatable
Prepare or provide genetics-related educational materials to patients or medical personnel.
text generation — Draft healthcare training; clinician reviews accuracy
Prepare healthcare training materials.
#17515 · Core · 50% automatable
Evaluate or make recommendations for standards of care or clinical operations, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, ethics, legislation, or policies.
decision support — Procedure drafts aided; clinical safety accountability human
Develop healthcare quality and safety procedures. Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues.
#17514 · Core · 40% automatable
Engage in research activities related to the field of medical genetics or genetic counseling.
information retrieval — Literature review aided; wet-lab and clinical research human
Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
#17512 · Core · 38% automatable
Design and conduct genetics training programs for physicians, graduate students, other health professions or the general community.
interpersonal — Safety training content aided, live delivery human
Conduct health or safety training programs. Train medical providers.
#17513 · Core · 40% automatable
Collect for, or share with, research projects patient data on specific genetic disorders or syndromes.
information retrieval — Literature review aided; wet-lab and clinical research human
Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
#17516 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services.
text generation — Draft grant text; human owns strategy and budget
Write grant proposals. Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.
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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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