AI JOB RISK SCANNER
O*NET-SOC 29-1291.00 / model V11 rated-task engine

Will AI replace
Acupuncturists?

Diagnose, treat, and prevent disorders by stimulating specific acupuncture points within the body using acupuncture needles. May also use cups, nutritional supplements, therapeutic massage, acupressure, and other alternative health therapies.

Estimated AI task exposure
58%

Moderate exposure

V11 weights occupation tasks using O*NET Importance, Relevance and Frequency ratings instead of treating every task equally.

18 tasks have usable Task Rating records; weighted-task coverage is 100%.

Digital/info work

49/100

Physical moat

10/100

Human moat

19/100

Rating coverage

100%

18 task statements / 18 rated

Highest-weighted occupation tasks

Maintain and follow standard quality, safety, environmental, and infection control policies and procedures.
Importance 99/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 94/100Weight 0.98
Treat patients using tools, such as needles, cups, ear balls, seeds, pellets, or nutritional supplements.
Importance 98/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 95/100Weight 0.98
Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments, such as intradermal needles, moxibustion, electricity, guasha, or bleeding.
Importance 98/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 95/100Weight 0.98
Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment.
Importance 96/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 95/100Weight 0.98
Adhere to local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and statutes.
Importance 98/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 91/100Weight 0.97
Develop individual treatment plans and strategies.
Importance 97/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 91/100Weight 0.97
Maintain detailed and complete records of health care plans and prognoses.
Importance 90/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 91/100Weight 0.94
Evaluate treatment outcomes and recommend new or altered treatments as necessary to further promote, restore, or maintain health.
Importance 93/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 87/100Weight 0.94
Collect medical histories and general health and lifestyle information from patients.
Importance 93/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 86/100Weight 0.94
Assess patients' general physical appearance to make diagnoses.
Importance 84/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 90/100Weight 0.92

Task weighting

Each rated task receives a composite weight: 38% relevance, 37% importance and 25% frequency. Core tasks receive a small additional multiplier. Low-precision rows flagged by O*NET for suppression are excluded.

Occupation scoring

When rating coverage is strong, rated tasks contribute 60% of the digital, physical and human task signals and Work Activities contribute 40%. Lower-coverage occupations automatically rely more on Work Activities.

U.S. labor market

BLS Wage & Employment Outlook

Median annual wage

$76,040

BLS OEWS May 2025

National employment

7,830

BLS OEWS May 2025

Projected growth

+8.6%

BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035

Average annual openings

1

BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035

BLS labor-market figures are separate from the site's AI-exposure model. Missing values mean a compatible detailed BLS occupation estimate was not published or could not be mapped.

Career pivot radar

Safer Career Alternatives

These options are selected from the same 923-occupation model. They favor a similar task/work profile with meaningfully lower estimated AI exposure. They are suggestions for exploration, not guarantees of job fit.

SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Helpers--Extraction Workers

5%

53 points lower exposure • 70% profile similarity

Median wage: $47,730 Growth 2025–2035: +1.7% Annual openings: 1

more physical-world work, less digital task exposure
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

5%

53 points lower exposure • 69% profile similarity

Median wage: $56,210 Growth 2025–2035: +4.4% Annual openings: 1

more physical-world work, less digital task exposure
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers

9%

49 points lower exposure • 71% profile similarity

Median wage: $61,010 Growth 2025–2035: +10.9% Annual openings: 41

more physical-world work, less digital task exposure
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

5%

53 points lower exposure • 69% profile similarity

Median wage: $65,510 Growth 2025–2035: +6.7% Annual openings: 15

more physical-world work, less digital task exposure
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Millwrights

5%

53 points lower exposure • 70% profile similarity

Median wage: $65,700 Growth 2025–2035: +0.9% Annual openings: 3

more physical-world work, less digital task exposure
SAFER ALTERNATIVE

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic

6%

52 points lower exposure • 70% profile similarity

Median wage: $63,870 Growth 2025–2035: -3.4% Annual openings: 0

more physical-world work, less digital task exposure

Personalized career defense protocol

AI-Proofing Plan

AUTOMATE

  • repeatable administrative workflows

AUGMENT

  • decision preparation
  • scenario generation

PROTECT

  • domain expertise
  • exception handling
  • accountability for outcomes

LEARN

  • prompt and workflow design
  • AI output verification
  • cross-functional business knowledge
  • risk and governance

AI-PROOFING RESOURCES

What this score does not mean

The percentage is a comparative task-exposure index. It is not the probability that this occupation disappears, that a worker is laid off, or that AI can perform the entire job.

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