Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · United States (national)
Radiologists
How exposed this work is to automation, shown as ranges with the reasoning and sources.
The short version: this role is moderately exposed to automation, and meaningful change looks likely over the next 5 to 10 years.
It is a sourced range, not a verdict, and the detail is below.
Built on O*NET tasks, BLS pay and projections, and peer-reviewed AI-exposure research. Sources shown.
Data snapshot SNAPSHOT-2026-11-06. How it works
AI / softwarerange 39.1 to 63.1
Physical / roboticsrange 20.0 to 44.0
When the change is likely
Partial, 5 to 10 yearslocal demand stable
What to do about it
Use AI to outpace AI.
Strategies to protect your livelihood, most important first.
1
Use your 5 to 10 year runway
Change here is gradual. Build resilient skills steadily and watch the signals rather than waiting for a shock.
2
Lean into the human edge
The exposed parts are routine and cognitive. Invest in judgment, client relationships, and complex problem-solving that AI still cannot do.
3
Pivot toward Pediatric Surgeons
It is skill-adjacent and less exposed (22.2 vs 51). A lateral move now beats a forced one later.
4
Build a financial buffer
Keep 6 to 12 months of expenses and diversify your income, so a disruption is a setback rather than a catastrophe.
5
Add a recognised credential
A certification or license raises the bar against automation and signals value in a tightening market.
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Which of my tasks are exposed
Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.
51.1
Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.
50.0
Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed.
50.0
Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.
50.0
Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.
50.0
Review or transmit images and information using picture archiving or communications systems.
51.1
Confer with medical professionals regarding image-based diagnoses.
50.0
Recognize or treat complications during and after procedures, including blood pressure problems, pain, oversedation, or bleeding.
100.0
Longer, orange bars are more automatable; short green bars are resistant.
What is driving my result
lowers risk
raises risk
Task: Recognize or treat complications during and after procedures, including blood pressure problems, pain, oversedation, or bleeding.
Task: Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.
Lower-risk adjacent roles
Pediatric Surgeons
22.2
Cardiologists
23.1
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
23.3
Physicians, Pathologists
34.5
Emergency Medicine Physicians
35.3
General Internal Medicine Physicians
37.1
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How this score is calculated
Map Radiologists to its standard O*NET task list (8 core tasks).
Score each task for AI/software exposure (Eloundou et al. 2023) and physical/robotics exposure (an O*NET work-context proxy), each 0 to 100.
The two axis scores are the task averages: AI 51.1, robotics 32.0.
The timeline comes from the higher axis (51.1), shifted for local demand (stable), and seniority. It is read against your remaining working years.
Ranges are about ±12 points. A backtest against real BLS employment change shows the risk ranking holds in aggregate, but individual outcomes are predicted weakly, so results are ranges, never a flat verdict.
Sources: O*NET, Eloundou et al. (2023), GPTs are GPTs, O*NET Work Context, BLS CPI-U, BLS OEWS.
Snapshot SNAPSHOT-2026-11-06. Full method and backtest on How it works.