Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)

🇺🇸 United States · Medicine & health

Watch closelyAmong the safest 19% of 220 majors

My Major Lifespan

11 yrs 11 mo

00days 00:00:00:000

until AI starts shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates
Sep 24, 2038 · 4381 days left

Likely range 5 yrs 11 mo – 21 yrs 11 mo

Based on associate degree graduates

Class of 2030: 8 yrs 3 mo left after you graduate

Training patients in daily activities takes hands-on work, and the COTA license sets a floor under demand, but AI and remote rehab apps can take over treatment notes and home programs, shrinking the number of assistants per occupational therapist. Cuts driven by payment reform are separate from AI.

Major lifespan is the time left until AI is expected to start shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates. It doesn’t mean the major will disappear or that everyone will lose their job.

AI vs Humans: whose side are you on?

Entry-level hiringSteady

Among majors179 / 220

Growth 24–34+22%

Where graduates go

2030

Career paths · time left at graduation in 2030

Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)Medium8 yrs 3 moSep 2038 Therapy AideMedium6 yrs 3 moSep 2036 Direct Support Professional (DSP)Low21 yrs 3 moSep 2051

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