Pharmacy Technicians
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 2,572 openings expected each year.
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
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.
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 52% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
AI could do much of this on its own
Enter prescription information into computer databases.
AI could do much of this on its own
Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Compute charges for medication or equipment dispensed to hospital patients and enter data in computer.
AI could do much of this on its own
Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Restock intravenous (IV) supplies and add measured drugs or nutrients to IV solutions under sterile conditions to prepare IV packs for various uses, such as chemotherapy medication.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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