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Healthcare · Updated Aug 2026

Pharmacists

Dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. May advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
61/100
High

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

Replacement Risk
50/100
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
Confidence81/100
Task coverage83%

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
Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.High
66
Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.High
68
Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, control records for radioactive nuclei, or registries of poisons, narcotics, or controlled drugs.High
63
Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.High
60
Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.High
71
Work in hospitals or clinics or for Health Management Organizations (HMOs), dispensing prescriptions, serving as a medical team consultant, or specializing in specific drug therapy areas, such as oncology or nuclear pharmacotherapy.High
68
Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment, or healthcare supplies.Medium
61
Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.High
65
Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.High
54
Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities.High
66
Prepare sterile solutions or infusions for use in surgical procedures, emergency rooms, or patients' homes.Medium
54
Manage pharmacy operations, hiring or supervising staff, performing administrative duties, or buying or selling non-pharmaceutical merchandise.Medium
54
Provide specialized services to help patients manage conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, smoking cessation, or high blood pressure.Medium
61
Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.Medium
55
Teach pharmacy students serving as interns in preparation for their graduation or licensure.Medium
45
Offer health promotion or prevention activities, such as training people to use blood pressure devices or diabetes monitors.Medium
29
Publish educational information for other pharmacists, doctors, or patients.Medium
56
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

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

  1. Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, or drugs, maintaining stock and storing and handling it properly.71
  2. Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.68
  3. Work in hospitals or clinics or for Health Management Organizations (HMOs), dispensing prescriptions, serving as a medical team consultant, or specializing in specific drug therapy areas, such as oncology or nuclear pharmacotherapy.68
  4. Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.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. Offer health promotion or prevention activities, such as training people to use blood pressure devices or diabetes monitors.01
  2. Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.02
  3. Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.03
  4. Plan, implement, or maintain procedures for mixing, packaging, or labeling pharmaceuticals, according to policy and legal requirements, to ensure quality, security, and proper disposal.04
  5. Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor, review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drugs or drug regimens, providing advice on drug applications or characteristics.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 dependency69
Physical dependency44
Adoption pressure65
Labour-market resilience71
Methodology & sources

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

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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