All occupations › Healthcare practitionersCan AI Replace Veterinary Technologists and Technicians in 2026? Lower exposure. AI could handle about 22% of today's veterinary technologists and technicians 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 Year 2030 Headcount (2025 = 100)
103
Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
6% 2030 · 4% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
~1 roles
0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 7% 2027: 7% 2028: 8% 2029: 10% 2030: 12% 2031: 14% 2032: 17% 2033: 19% 2034: 20% 2035: 21% 2036: 22% 12% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 101 2027: 101 2028: 102 2029: 102 2030: 103 2031: 103 2032: 103 2033: 103 2034: 104 2035: 104 2036: 105 103 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Administer anesthesia to animals, under the direction of a veterinarian, and monitor animals' responses to anesthetics so that dosages can be adjusted. 2 Care for and monitor the condition of animals recovering from surgery. 3 Prepare and administer medications, vaccines, serums, or treatments, as prescribed by veterinarians. 4 Maintain laboratory, research, or treatment records, as well as inventories of pharmaceuticals, equipment, or supplies. 5 Schedule appointments and procedures for animals. 6 Monitor medical supplies and place orders when inventory is low. 7 Maintain controlled drug inventory and related log books. 8 Perform a variety of office, clerical, or accounting duties, such as reception, billing, bookkeeping, or selling products. Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Maintain controlled drug inventory and related log books". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Maintain laboratory, research, or treatment records, as well as inventories of pharmaceuticals, equipment, or supplies". Get visibly better at your human core: "Administer anesthesia to animals, under the direction of a veterinarian, and monitor animals' responses to anesthetics so that dosages can be adjusted". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Based on 31 O*NET tasks for "Veterinary Technologists and Technicians" (SOC 29-2056.00). LLM alone: 7% of tasks; with AI tools: 26%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
