As of June 2026, Psychiatric Aides has an AI-exposure score of 48/100 (Moderate exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Psychiatric Aides
More exposed than 28% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$44,910. About 5,300 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Healthcare Support roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Complete administrative tasks, such as entering orders into computer, answering telephone calls, or maintaining medical or facility information.
- Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.
- Interview patients upon admission and record information.
- Perform nursing duties, such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.
- Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion.
- Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
- Maintain patients' restrictions to assigned areas.
- Clean and disinfect rooms and furnishings to maintain a safe and orderly environment.
- Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routines.
- Provide patients with assistance in bathing, dressing, or grooming, demonstrating these skills as necessary.
- Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
- Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients.
- Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.
- Accompany patients to and from wards for medical or dental treatments, shopping trips, or religious or recreational events.
- Participate in recreational activities with patients, including card games, sports, or television viewing.
- Provide patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
- Organize, supervise, or encourage patient participation in social, educational, or recreational activities.
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