Jobs · Personal Care and Service · O*NET-SOC 39-2021.00
Animal Caretakers: which tasks is AI doing?
1 of its 22 tasks show measurable AI use, and 52% of that use is automation (AI doing the task) rather than augmentation (AI helping a person do it).
Feed, water, groom, bathe, exercise, or otherwise provide care to promote and maintain the well-being of pets and other animals that are not raised for consumption, such as dogs, cats, race horses, ornamental fish or birds, zoo animals, and mice. Work in settings such as kennels, animal shelters, zoos, circuses, and aquariums. May keep records of feedings, treatments, and animals received or discharged. May clean, disinfect, and repair cages, pens, or fish tanks.
Tasks with observed AI use
1 of 22
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Automation share of that use
52%
The rest is augmentation; all usage: 49%
US employment
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US median annual wage
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Which of these does AI already do for you?
Tick the tasks AI handles in your version of this job. Whatever stays unticked is what keeps a person needed: the links a chain waits on. The bars show where people already use AI for each task, from real usage data.
How to read this
Observed use is not the same as replacement. A task can see heavy AI use while the job grows, because the remaining tasks, such as judgment, accountability, and dealing with people, become more valuable. That is the weak-link pattern behind the explainer.
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