Can AI Replace Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 28% of today's veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers tasks by 2036, and there is a 4% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI mostly assists people in this role.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

16%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

103

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

5% 2030 · 4% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

1.2 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Record information relating to animal genealogy, feeding schedules, appearance, behavior, or breeding".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Perform office reception duties, such as scheduling appointments or helping customers".Get visibly better at your human core: "Hold or restrain animals during veterinary procedures".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.

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Based on 28 O*NET tasks for "Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers" (SOC 31-9096.00). LLM alone: 11% of tasks; with AI tools: 33%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10