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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Urologists?
Task-level automation exposure for Urologists: 14 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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29%
weighted task index
14 of 14 tasks scored
Median Salary
$265,930 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Very High
342,720 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+3.4%
employment change
9,400 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 51 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$77,430 – $454,550
Highest medians
North Dakota $454,550
Montana $438,850
Maine $419,410
Wisconsin $391,740
Minnesota $367,320
Lowest medians
District of Columbia $77,430
Illinois $132,540
Arkansas $136,880
Michigan $155,480
Puerto Rico $172,230
State figures come from the 29-1229 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 29%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 15%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 77%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 8%
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 1/100
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
14 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%) 30%
4 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 70%
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
#17295 · Core · 22% automatable
Diagnose or treat diseases or disorders of genitourinary organs and tracts including erectile dysfunction (ED), infertility, incontinence, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, urethral stones, or premature ejaculation.
decision support — AI suggests differentials; clinician examines and owns diagnosis
Diagnose medical conditions. Administer cancer treatments. Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
#17294 · Core · 20% automatable
Examine patients using equipment, such as radiograph (x-ray) machines or fluoroscopes, to determine the nature and extent of disorder or injury.
physical manipulation — Imaging equipment operated with patient positioning
Operate diagnostic imaging equipment.
#17293 · Core · 52% automatable
Order and interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening, to detect prostate cancer.
visual inspection — Image interpretation assists; radiologist owns diagnosis
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment. Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
#17283 · Core · 59% automatable
Document or review patients' histories.
interpersonal — Patient history requires live elicitation and judgment
Gather medical information from patient histories. Record patient medical histories.
#17289 · Core · 14% automatable
Prescribe or administer antibiotics, antiseptics, or compresses to treat infection or injury.
decision support — Prescribing medications is licensed high-stakes judgment
Administer non-intravenous medications. Prescribe medications.
#17287 · Core · 15% automatable
Treat urologic disorders using alternatives to traditional surgery such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, laparoscopy, or laser techniques.
decision support — Chronic disease management needs clinical judgment
Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
#17284 · Core · 50% automatable
Provide urology consultation to physicians or other health care professionals.
decision support — Clinical advice needs licensed accountability and context
Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues.
#17288 · Core · 18% automatable
Treat lower urinary tract dysfunctions using equipment such as diathermy machines, catheters, cystoscopes, or radium emanation tubes.
physical manipulation — Diagnostic instruments applied to patients by hand
Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment. Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
#17286 · Core · 25% automatable
Direct the work of nurses, residents, or other staff to provide patient care.
interpersonal — Patient care supervision is live clinical leadership
Supervise patient care personnel.
#17291 · Core · 2% automatable
Perform abdominal, pelvic, or retroperitoneal surgeries.
physical manipulation — Surgery is physical and high-accountability
Operate on patients to treat conditions.
#17290 · Core · 22% automatable
Prescribe medications to treat patients with erectile dysfunction (ED), infertility, or ejaculation problems.
decision support — Prescribing medications is licensed high-stakes judgment
Prescribe medications.
#17285 · Core · 55% automatable
Refer patients to specialists when condition exceeds experience, expertise, or scope of practice.
decision support — Clinical referral judgment needs licensed human accountability
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
#17282 · Core · 30% automatable
Teach or train medical and clinical staff.
interpersonal — Provider training is clinical, hands-on, accountable
Train medical providers.
#17292 · Core · 8% automatable
Perform brachytherapy, cryotherapy, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), or photodynamic therapy to treat prostate or other cancers.
physical manipulation — Administering cancer treatments is hands-on
Administer cancer treatments.
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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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