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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists?
Task-level automation exposure for Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists: 21 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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41%
weighted task index
21 of 21 tasks scored
Median Salary
$100,330 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
High
162,450 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+14.8%
employment change
10,000 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.
$51,850 – $124,510
Highest medians
California $124,510
Oregon $112,310
Nevada $110,520
District of Columbia $109,170
Washington $107,670
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $51,850
North Dakota $83,200
New Hampshire $83,900
Maine $84,310
South Dakota $85,050
State figures come from the 29-1122 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 41%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 4%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 76%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 10%
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 30/100
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
21 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%
3 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 36%
8 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 50%
10 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.
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#17336 · Core · 30% automatable
Teach cane skills, including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
interpersonal — Patient assistive-equipment instruction is hands-on care
Instruct patients in the use of assistive equipment.
#17355 · Core · 55% automatable
Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
decision support — Assistive device recommendations need client-specific assessment
Recommend types of assistive devices.
#17352 · Core · 30% automatable
Train clients with visual impairments to use mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
interpersonal — Patient assistive-equipment instruction is hands-on care
Instruct patients in the use of assistive equipment.
#17350 · Core · 45% automatable
Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
decision support — Draft non-medical plans; clinician validates and owns
Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
#17349 · Core · 68% automatable
Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
text generation — Summarize diagnostic and care activities into reports
Prepare reports summarizing patient diagnostic or care activities.
#17346 · Core · 30% automatable
Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and proprioceptive information.
interpersonal — Caregiver technique training is live and relational
Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.
#17351 · Core · 45% automatable
Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
decision support — Functional assessment aided by data, exam human
Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
#17345 · Core · 30% automatable
Teach clients to travel independently, using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.
interpersonal — Caregiver technique training is live and relational
Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.
#23918 · Core · 32% automatable
Teach self-advocacy skills to clients.
interpersonal — Advocacy requires relationships and accountability
Advocate for individual or community needs. Teach life skills or strategies to clients or their families.
#17338 · Core · 32% automatable
Provide consultation, support, or education to groups such as parents and teachers.
interpersonal — Caregiver training needs live modeling and supervision
Train caregivers or other non-medical personnel.
#17354 · Core · 30% automatable
Teach independent living skills or techniques, such as adaptive eating, medication management, diabetes management, and personal management.
interpersonal — Caregiver technique training is live and relational
Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.
#17348 · Core · 35% automatable
Monitor clients' progress to determine whether changes in rehabilitation plans are needed.
decision support — AI aids chart review; clinical observation of patient is human
Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
#17353 · Core · 42% automatable
Identify visual impairments related to basic life skills in areas such as self care, literacy, communication, health management, home management, and meal preparation.
decision support — AI suggests differentials; clinician examines and owns diagnosis
Diagnose medical conditions.
#17341 · Core · 75% automatable
Design instructional programs to improve communication, using devices such as slates and styluses, braillers, keyboards, adaptive handwriting devices, talking book machines, digital books, and optical character readers (OCRs).
text generation — Draft healthcare training; clinician reviews accuracy
Prepare healthcare training materials.
#17347 · Core · 30% automatable
Train clients to use adaptive equipment, such as large print, reading stands, lamps, writing implements, software, and electronic devices.
interpersonal — Patient assistive-equipment instruction is hands-on care
Instruct patients in the use of assistive equipment.
#17339 · Core · 75% automatable
Participate in professional development activities, such as reading literature, continuing education, attending conferences, and collaborating with colleagues.
information retrieval — AI summarizes medical updates; human retains judgment
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
#17340 · Core · 8% automatable
Obtain, distribute, or maintain low vision devices.
physical manipulation — Hands-on medical instrument maintenance
Maintain medical equipment or instruments.
#17342 · Core · 40% automatable
Collaborate with specialists, such as rehabilitation counselors, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists, to provide client solutions.
interpersonal — Treatment planning collaboration is accountable clinical work
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
#17337 · Core · 55% automatable
Refer clients to services, such as eye care, health care, rehabilitation, and counseling, to enhance visual and life functioning or when condition exceeds scope of practice.
decision support — Clinical referral judgment needs licensed human accountability
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
#17343 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Administer tests and interpret test results to develop rehabilitation plans for clients.
decision support — Treatment goals need clinical accountability and context
Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
#17344 · Supplemental · 30% automatable
Train clients to read or write Braille.
interpersonal — Caregiver technique training is live and relational
Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.
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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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