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Healthcare · Updated Aug 2026

Anesthesiologists

Administer anesthetics and analgesics for pain management prior to, during, or after surgery.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
59/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
52/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage89%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.High
71
Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.High
62
Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.High
65
Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.High
61
Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.High
55
Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.High
54
Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.High
61
Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.High
61
Coordinate and direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other health care providers.Medium
69
Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.High
39
Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.High
66
Manage anesthesiological services, coordinating them with other medical activities and formulating plans and procedures.High
66
Provide medical care and consultation in many settings, prescribing medication and treatment and referring patients for surgery.High
54
Inform students and staff of types and methods of anesthesia administration, signs of complications, and emergency methods to counteract reactions.High
47
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.71
  2. Coordinate and direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other health care providers.69
  3. Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.66
  4. Manage anesthesiological services, coordinating them with other medical activities and formulating plans and procedures.66
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.01
  2. Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.02
  3. Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.03
  4. Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.04
  5. Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency53
Physical dependency43
Adoption pressure56
Labour-market resilience73
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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