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Anesthesiologists

The short answer

This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In Finger Lakes, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 4 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.

AI can help with or automate about 50% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Inform students and staff of types and methods of anesthesia administration, signs of complications, and emergency methods to counteract reactions.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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None of the usual next-step jobs in Finger Lakesclear all three bars right now: enough openings, pay within 10% of yours, and no higher AI exposure. That doesn't mean you're stuck—here are the closest options, with an honest label on what falls short.

  • Surgical Assistants

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    Usually requires a postsecondary nondegree award.

    • wage data missing
    • openings data missing
  • Physicians, All Other

    Very similar work

    Usually requires a doctoral or professional degree, plus internship/residency.

    • wage data missing
    • openings data missing
    • higher AI exposure
  • Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric

    Very similar work

    Usually requires a doctoral or professional degree, plus internship/residency.

    • wage data missing
    • openings data missing
    • higher AI exposure
  • Neurologists

    Similar work

    Usually requires a doctoral or professional degree, plus internship/residency.

    • wage data missing
    • openings data missing
    • higher AI exposure
  • Physician Assistants

    Similar work

    Typical pay $134,084 · your job pays $376,290 here · 159 openings a year

    Usually requires a master's degree.

    • pays less
  • Nurse Anesthetists

    Similar work

    Typical pay $294,242 · your job pays $376,290 here · 5 openings a year

    Usually requires a master's degree.

    • pays less

    This move would clear all three bars in: New York City.

Showing the 6 closest of 13 related jobs we looked at—the rest fall short on the same measures.