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Radiologists

The short answer

This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 71 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.

How much AI could touch this job

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

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most 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

The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.

AI can help with or automate about 97% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Administer radioisotopes to clinical patients or research subjects.

    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 New York Stateclear 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.

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Showing the 6 closest of 15 related jobs we looked at—the rest fall short on the same measures.