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Will AI replace home health aides?

Very little of the work today. AI could take on about 8% of the working time in a typical home health aide job today. The other 92% still needs a person.

15 responsibilities · a typical home health aide job

92% of the work still needs a person.

Still needs a person: 92% of the timeAI could take on: 8%

Evidence range: 8 to 8%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research.

Median pay $35,800 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).

Still needs a person

  • Help patients move and get dressed
  • Plan and serve meals for patients
  • Change linens, do laundry and clean
  • Keep patients company and engaged
  • Help patients bathe
  • Check patients' vital signs

AI can do or help with

  • Keep records of patient care AI helps

The biggest responsibilities of each kind. "AI helps" means AI takes on part of the work, or most of it with a person checking what it produces. See all 15, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.

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Questions people ask

Will AI replace home health aides?

Very little of the work today. AI could take on about 8% of the working time in a typical home health aide job today. The other 92% still needs a person. That is a split of the work, not a forecast of jobs lost.

Which parts of the job can AI do?

The biggest ones AI can do or help with: keep records of patient care.

Which parts still need a person?

The biggest ones: help patients move and get dressed, plan and serve meals for patients, change linens, do laundry and clean, keep patients company and engaged, help patients bathe, check patients' vital signs.

How is this measured?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists 15 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0). Each is scored on 4 questions: can AI do it, does it get it right, must a person sign for it, and do people need to deal with a real person. The split is weighted by how much of the job each responsibility takes up. The evidence range is 8 to 8%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research. Scores version 0.5.2, updated September 30, 2026.

Responsibilities from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor). Pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Scores are calibrated to published research and updated every month. How it works.

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