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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Neurologists?
Task-level automation exposure for Neurologists: 24 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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39%
weighted task index
24 of 24 tasks scored
Median Salary
$248,560 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Low
10,590 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+6.4%
employment change
300 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 24 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$63,500 – $434,730
Highest medians
Vermont $434,730
Arizona $409,610
Minnesota $381,670
Texas $360,640
California $357,080
Lowest medians
West Virginia $63,500
New York $155,990
Indiana $220,210
New Jersey $222,120
Tennessee $229,670
State figures come from the 29-1217 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 39%
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 59%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 5%
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 75/100
High
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
24 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) 8%
2 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 53%
12 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 39%
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.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#17123 · Core · 30% automatable
Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
interpersonal — Collecting from patients requires live clinical interaction
Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
#17132 · Core · 12% automatable
Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
visual inspection — Patient physical assessment is hands-on clinical work
Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
#17130 · Core · 37% automatable
Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
visual inspection — Image interpretation assists; radiologist owns diagnosis
Test patient nervous system functioning. Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
#17121 · Core · 52% automatable
Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
visual inspection — Image interpretation assists; radiologist owns diagnosis
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment. Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
#17125 · Core · 50% automatable
Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
visual inspection — Image interpretation assists; radiologist owns diagnosis
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment. Diagnose medical conditions.
#17117 · Core · 18% automatable
Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
decision support — In-procedure patient monitoring is hands-on clinical work
Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities. Administer non-intravenous medications. Prescribe medications.
#17131 · Core · 28% automatable
Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke.
decision support — AI suggests differentials; clinician examines and owns diagnosis
Diagnose medical conditions. Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
#17126 · Core · 38% automatable
Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.
decision support — Medical plans need exam, liability, and clinical judgment
Develop medical treatment plans.
#17124 · Core · 42% automatable
Inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks and costs of various treatment plans.
interpersonal — Medical communication needs empathy and clinical accountability
Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
#17119 · Core · 62% automatable
Prepare, maintain, or review records that include patients' histories, neurological examination findings, treatment plans, or outcomes.
interpersonal — Patient history requires live elicitation and judgment
Record patient medical histories.
#17128 · Core · 45% automatable
Communicate with other health care professionals regarding patients' conditions and care.
interpersonal — Clinical handoff carries accountability and nuance
Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.
#17113 · Core · 55% automatable
Counsel patients or others on the background of neurological disorders including risk factors, or genetic or environmental concerns.
decision support — Treatment-effect advice needs clinical tailoring
Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
#17114 · Core · 58% automatable
Interpret the results of neuroimaging studies, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans.
visual inspection — Image interpretation assists; radiologist owns diagnosis
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
#17127 · Core · 15% automatable
Determine brain death using accepted tests and procedures.
physical manipulation — Nervous system testing is hands-on clinical exam
Test patient nervous system functioning.
#17129 · Core · 40% automatable
Coordinate neurological services with other health care team activities.
interpersonal — Treatment planning collaboration is accountable clinical work
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
#17115 · Core · 55% automatable
Refer patients to other health care practitioners as necessary.
decision support — Clinical referral judgment needs licensed human accountability
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
#17116 · Core · 50% automatable
Advise other physicians on the treatment of neurological problems.
decision support — Clinical advice needs licensed accountability and context
Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues.
#17111 · Core · 75% automatable
Participate in continuing education activities to maintain and expand competence.
information retrieval — AI summarizes medical updates; human retains judgment
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
#17122 · Core · 25% automatable
Order supportive care services, such as physical therapy, specialized nursing care, and social services.
decision support — Prescribing therapy requires licensed clinical accountability
Prescribe treatments or therapies.
#17110 · Core · 30% automatable
Provide training to medical students or staff members.
interpersonal — Provider training is clinical, hands-on, accountable
Train medical providers.
#17112 · Core · 25% automatable
Supervise medical technicians in the performance of neurological diagnostic or therapeutic activities.
interpersonal — Patient care supervision is live clinical leadership
Supervise patient care personnel.
#17109 · Core · 40% automatable
Participate in neuroscience research activities.
information retrieval — Literature review aided; wet-lab and clinical research human
Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
#17120 · Supplemental · 15% automatable
Perform specialized treatments in areas such as sleep disorders, neuroimmunology, neuro-oncology, behavioral neurology, and neurogenetics.
decision support — Chronic disease management needs clinical judgment
Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
#17118 · Supplemental · 25% automatable
Prescribe or administer treatments, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation.
decision support — Prescribing therapy requires licensed clinical accountability
Prescribe treatments or therapies.
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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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