Takeover Tracker
43%medium risk
Pharmacy Technicians
vs

57 shared · 11 different

core competencies

41%medium risk
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricPharmacy TechniciansOphthalmic Medical Technologists
Risk Score43.1%41.5%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile88th84th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)10 / 156 / 15
Median Salary$43,460$48,790
Employment488K174K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
Medicine and Dentistry
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Assisting and Caring for Others
Education and Training
Customer and Personal Service
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Training and Teaching Others
Documenting/Recording Information
Handling and Moving Objects
Coaching and Developing Others

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Pharmacy Technicians

31%

total discount

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

31%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Pharmacy Technicians

10 of 15 at risk
87%Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
86%Enter prescription information into computer databases.
85%Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
85%Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers.
84%Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer.

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

6 of 15 at risk
88%Take and document patients' medical histories.
88%Calculate corrections for refractive errors.
86%Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
51%Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
51%Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.

Wage Comparison

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists earns +$5,330(+12%) vs Pharmacy Technicians
Pharmacy TechniciansOphthalmic Medical Technologists
10th
$35,100$37,290
25th
$36,920$40,740
Median
$43,460$48,790
75th
$48,580$62,280
90th
$59,450$81,290

Premium Head-to-Head Analysis

Displacement Timeline Comparison

Pharmacy Technicians2028–2035
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Pharmacy Technicians.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Pharmacy Technicians

$24,746

from $43,460

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

$28,547

from $48,790

After adjusting for AI risk, Ophthalmic Medical Technologists offers $3,801 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Pharmacy

0

Unique to Ophthalmic

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Social Intelligence
Fine Manipulation
Creativity
Decision Complexity
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