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Will AI replace nursing assistants?

Very little of the work today. AI could take on about 14% of the working time in a typical nursing assistant job today. The other 86% still needs a person.

33 responsibilities · a typical nursing assistant job

86% of the work still needs a person.

Still needs a person: 86% of the timeAI could take on: 14%

Evidence range: 14 to 16%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research.

Median pay $42,260 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).

Still needs a person

  • Respond to patient call signals
  • Turn and reposition bedridden patients
  • Help patients with bathing, dressing, and daily living
  • Feed patients or help them eat
  • Report patient symptoms and behavior to nurses
  • Check in on patients' feelings and needs

AI can do or help with

  • Track food, fluid, and output amounts AI helps
  • Prepare and serve food trays AI helps
  • Remind patients to take medications AI helps
  • Check dietary restrictions before meals AI helps
  • Record patient height and weight AI helps
  • Give visitors directions and basic information AI can do it

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 33, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.

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Questions people ask

Will AI replace nursing assistants?

Very little of the work today. AI could take on about 14% of the working time in a typical nursing assistant job today. The other 86% 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: track food, fluid, and output amounts, prepare and serve food trays, remind patients to take medications, check dietary restrictions before meals, record patient height and weight, give visitors directions and basic information.

Which parts still need a person?

The biggest ones: respond to patient call signals, turn and reposition bedridden patients, help patients with bathing, dressing, and daily living, feed patients or help them eat, report patient symptoms and behavior to nurses, check in on patients' feelings and needs.

How is this measured?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists 33 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 14 to 16%. It runs between what has been measured or rated for each responsibility and our figure, which also follows industry-wide research. Scores version 0.6.3, updated October 5, 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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