UK AI Job-Risk Index · SOC 2010 6145
How exposed to AI are care workers and home carers?
41/100
AI exposure score (percentile of 365 UK occupations)
Medium#74
of 100 large UK occupations (1 = most exposed)
£19,945
median full-time pay (ONS ASHE 2020) · 671,000 employee jobs
Care workers and home carers sits in the medium exposure band: its abilities overlap with current AI applications more than about 41% of the 365 UK occupations the Department for Education scored. Lower exposure usually means more of the work depends on physical, practical or in-person abilities that current AI applications do not cover well. It does not mean the job will be untouched by technology.
Underlying scores: AIOE (all AI) -0.36, LLM exposure -0.09 (standardised; 0 is the average occupation). Skill level: Level 2. Pay and job counts are 2020 figures, so use them to compare occupations rather than as current salaries.
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Occupations with similar exposure
- Retail cashiers and check-out operators (41/100)
- Chefs (40/100)
- Caretakers (39/100)
- Pharmacy and other dispensing assistants (43/100)
← #73 Pharmacy and other dispensing assistants · #75 Retail cashiers and check-out operators →
Source: Department for Education (2023), The impact of AI on UK jobs and training (AIOE scores); ONS ASHE 2020 Table 14. Exposure is not a prediction of job loss. Methodology · Embed this data
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