Health
Medical assistant
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +11.3% (BLS).
The job
Medical assistants (ISCO 3256). Medical assistants perform basic clinical and administrative tasks to support patient care under the direct supervision of a medical practitioner or other health professional.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
14 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
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- clinical assistant
- doctor's assistant
- doctors' surgery assistant
- healthcare assistant
- medical assistant
- ophthalmic assistant
- orthopedic assistant
- physician assistant
- physician's assistant
- radiology assistant
- surgery assistant
- surgical assistant
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.