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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace School Psychologists?
Task-level automation exposure for School Psychologists: 19 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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49%
weighted task index
19 of 19 tasks scored
Median Salary
$95,990 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Medium
63,940 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+0.8%
employment change
3,400 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.
$61,070 – $127,780
Highest medians
California $127,780
Colorado $124,770
New Mexico $110,360
Maryland $109,700
Washington $108,780
Lowest medians
Mississippi $61,070
Arkansas $64,030
Oklahoma $64,930
North Dakota $68,960
Louisiana $69,020
State figures come from the 19-3034 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 49%
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 71%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 13%
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 12/100
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
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) 24%
4 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 66%
13 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 10%
2 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 →Emerging & rewritten tasks
Tasks O*NET added or rewrote for this occupation in its recent updates (05/2025 – 08/2026), with who proposed them. Additions are not in the scored task inventory — they are new work O*NET is still measuring, so they appear here and nowhere in the index. A Revision replaces a task that is scored, which is why only those move the "Rewritten by O*NET" share.
- New 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Analyze schoolwide academic performance to determine students' needs.
- New 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Supervise and instruct students on internship assignments.
Constituent Tasks
#5447 · Core · 53% automatable
Report any pertinent information to the proper authorities in cases of child endangerment, neglect, or abuse.
text generation — Information exchange coordination largely automatable
Coordinate with external parties to exchange information. Collaborate with law enforcement or security agencies to share information.
#18619 · Core · 71% automatable
Interpret test results and prepare psychological reports for teachers, administrators, and parents.
text generation — Reports drafted; presentations need human delivery
Interpret research or operational data. Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations.
#5455 · Core · 82% automatable
Maintain student records, including special education reports, confidential records, records of services provided, and behavioral data.
data analysis — Maintain files and records in structured systems
Maintain records, documents, or other files. Maintain student records.
#5446 · Core · 53% automatable
Compile and interpret students' test results, along with information from teachers and parents, to diagnose conditions and to help assess eligibility for special services.
decision support — Needs student interaction and professional judgment
Collect information about clients. Assess educational needs of students.
#5452 · Core · 35% automatable
Collaborate with other educational professionals to develop teaching strategies and school programs.
interpersonal — Coordinating research programs is relational leadership
Coordinate cross-disciplinary research programs.
#5449 · Core · 40% automatable
Select, administer, and score psychological tests.
interpersonal — Proctoring and standardized administration need human presence
Administer standardized physical or psychological tests.
#5448 · Core · 30% automatable
Assess an individual child's needs, limitations, and potential, using observation, review of school records, and consultation with parents and school personnel.
interpersonal — Observation and interviews are inherently human
Collect information from people through observation, interviews, or surveys.
#5461 · Core · 45% automatable
Collect and analyze data to evaluate the effectiveness of academic programs and other services, such as behavioral management systems.
interpersonal — Org behavior research needs human subjects and judgment
Conduct scientific research of organizational behavior or processes.
#5460 · Core · 50% automatable
Initiate and direct efforts to foster tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity in school communities.
decision support — Drafts program outlines; institutional design and approval human
Develop educational programs.
#5451 · Core · 60% automatable
Promote an understanding of child development and its relationship to learning and behavior.
decision support — General educational advice; context and trust human
Advise others on educational matters.
#5454 · Core · 42% automatable
Develop individualized educational plans in collaboration with teachers and other staff members.
decision support — AI suggests program designs; clinical judgment and evidence human
Design psychological or educational treatment procedures or programs.
#5450 · Core · 60% automatable
Provide consultation to parents, teachers, administrators, and others on topics such as learning styles and behavior modification techniques.
decision support — General educational advice; context and trust human
Advise others on educational matters.
#5457 · Core · 18% automatable
Attend workshops, seminars, or professional meetings to remain informed of new developments in school psychology.
interpersonal — Attending conferences is a physical presence act
Attend conferences or workshops to maintain professional knowledge.
#5453 · Core · 35% automatable
Counsel children and families to help solve conflicts and problems in learning and adjustment.
interpersonal — Mental health counseling needs trust and accountability
Counsel clients on mental health or personal achievement.
#5456 · Core · 35% automatable
Serve as a resource to help families and schools deal with crises, such as separation and loss.
interpersonal — Mental health counseling needs trust and accountability
Counsel clients on mental health or personal achievement.
#5459 · Core · 50% automatable
Refer students and their families to appropriate community agencies for medical, vocational, or social services.
decision support — Healthcare advice carries liability; human owns it
Advise others on healthcare matters.
#5462 · Core · 50% automatable
Provide educational programs on topics such as classroom management, teaching strategies, or parenting skills.
decision support — Drafts program outlines; institutional design and approval human
Develop educational programs.
#5458 · Core · 50% automatable
Design classes and programs to meet the needs of special students.
decision support — Drafts program outlines; institutional design and approval human
Develop educational programs.
#5463 · Core · 49% automatable
Conduct research to generate new knowledge that can be used to address learning and behavior issues.
information retrieval — AI researches and synthesizes; human judges relevance
Observe individuals' activities to gather information or compile evidence. Research topics in area of expertise.
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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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