3.5ModerateShortage
Podiatrists
Health Professionals · Health Therapy Professionals
AI exposure measures how much this occupation's tasks may change. It is not the probability that the job will disappear.
Personalise this result for the work you actually do →Moderate Risk
Median Weekly Pay
N/A
Full-time workers
Employment
6,600
Total workers
10yr Growth
+35.7%
Projected to 2035
Shortage Status
Shortage
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation24.0%
Augmentation60.0%
Key Tasks
- •Examining patients' feet to determine the nature and extent of conditions, deformities and injuries
- •Examining and treating foot disabilities caused by diseases such as diabetes, peripheral vascular disorders, rheumatoid arthritis and other neuropathies
- •Prescribing and arranging the fabrication of footwear to correct foot abnormalities
- •Performing minor surgery to remove and improve abnormal conditions
- •Prescribing and fitting replaceable pads, palliative and functional supports and other devices for the protection and correction of foot abnormalities
- •Advising patients about continued treatment and foot care
- •May provide rehabilitation services to the physically handicapped
- •May refer patients to or have patients referred from medical practitioners
Employment Projections to 2035
Median Age
43
Female Share
58.0%
Part-Time Share
25.0%
Skill Level
1 / 5
Highest
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