Will AI replace Pharmacy Aides?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
20/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 35% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 8% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 29% of the work
What the job involves
Record drugs delivered to the pharmacy, store incoming merchandise, and inform the supervisor of stock needs. May operate cash register and accept prescriptions for filling.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(2)
- Perform clerical tasks, such as filing, compiling and maintaining prescription records, or composing letters.
- Provide customers with information about the uses, effects, or interactions of drugs.
Within reach(3)
- Prepare prescription labels by typing or operating a computer and printer.
- Process medical insurance claims, posting bill amounts and calculating copayments.
- Calculate anticipated drug usage for a prescribed period.
Out of reach(12)
- Answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary.
- Receive, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies or medications, check for out-of-date medications, and notify pharmacist when inventory levels are low.
- Prepare, maintain, and record records of inventories, receipts, purchases, or deliveries, using a variety of computer screen formats.
- Maintain and clean equipment, work areas, or shelves.
- Operate cash register to process cash or credit sales.
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Also called
Pharmacy Clerk · Pharmacist Assistant · Pharmacy Assistant · Pharmacy Helper · Certified Pharmacist Assistant · Pharmacy Cashier · Drug Clerk · Pharmacist Helper
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics