Dietitians and Nutritionists

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Calculated automation risk

18% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Assisting and caring for others

Very important
Why this matters
Provide hands-on help, emotional support, or personal care to people—work that depends on empathy, trust, and responding to individual needs in the moment.
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Social perceptiveness

Very important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Originality

Quite important
Why this matters
Coming up with novel ideas and creative solutions when there isn’t an obvious playbook to follow.
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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Quite important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Consulting and advising others

Quite important
Why this matters
Provide guidance and expert advice to managers or teams on technical, system, or process decisions—explaining options, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Operations analysis

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Why this matters
Figure out what people need and what a product must do, then translate those requirements into a workable design.
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Education and training expertise

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Why this matters
Designing and delivering instruction—adapting lessons to different learners and measuring whether training actually works.
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What users think

Based on 420 votes

52% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, employees may be able to find reassurance in the automated risk level we have generated, which shows 18% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Dietitians and Nutritionists will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Dietitians and Nutritionists was $73,850 ($36 per hour).

The median annual wage for Dietitians and Nutritionists was 49.2% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Dietitians and Nutritionists' job openings is expected to rise 5.5% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 76,570 people employed as 'Dietitians and Nutritionists' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 2 thousand people are employed as 'Dietitians and Nutritionists'.

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What people are saying (11)

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Jenn (Low)
28 Jul 2025 14:34
Requires high empathy with clients
Some dietitian jobs require managing others and producing food
Diego (Uncertain)
21 Jul 2025 18:13
With the proper set of data such as genome, lifestyle, eating habits and preferences, age, weight, gender, ethnicity, profession, hometown and body composition a machine can tailor an almost perfect diet for anyone, depending on the desired goal
Anila Parmar (No chance)
09 Aug 2023 05:32
AI have Diet chart but only diet chart can't do anything without mentally and emotionally attached with the patient or humans main things are we have to attach with humans mentally because physically you get only diet but mental health also need wealth.
unknown (Moderate)
12 Jul 2022 18:50
There are already many apps that give you a plan to lose or gain fat depending on the information and requirements you enter.

So, I think that it will be clearly replaced, but not in industries and hospitals. Therefore, it's still going to be a great job and a highly requested one, but not for meal plans and personalized diets, in my opinion.
Harvey Clint
10 Jul 2021 15:25
I don't agree at all. My prediction is that dietitians and nutritionists will be ones who most affected by in the A.I. decade. Just search 'AI diet' on the app store and check it out.
Anila Parmar
09 Aug 2023 05:25
May be AI have diet chart but human have feelings for patients. whenever patient needs diet chart but only diet chart can't do anything without mentally and emotionally attached with us. So not to worry about it.
mm
20 Jan 2026 03:27
are you serious?
Richie (Highly likely)
10 Apr 2021 14:51
You could write a program to input dietary constraints and goals that spits out results faster than a dietician.
Michal (Highly likely)
09 Oct 2019 12:01
Taking examination and giving advice based on the blood results can do advance algorithms
CYNTHIA ANTONACCIO
12 Jul 2019 14:11
I agree. However dietitians need to explore more and more their communication skills ( Human to Human approach) to counsel patients and focus on behavior change. Food prescriptions and dictatorial plans are not different thant those brought by computers and nutrition tests and apps. Our future as dietitians of the future relies on bringing a better, new and differente approach. The "Instintuto Nutrição Comportamental" (Behavioral Nutrition Institute) in Brazil aims to change and amplify this professional"s view trainning our dietitians on skills to work on eating behavior change. We are pionneers here and would love to spread this to the worls. FOR A DIFFERENT NUTRITION APPROACH!
Ana Cristina Thomé Ambrosio (Low)
18 Apr 2019 01:02
Nutrition is a science that is constantly evolving. Today, for example, we are in the age of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. There are many software packages that help in the professional's work, but nothing replaces the individuality of each service. Contact with the patient / client is essential.
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Job description

Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.

O*NET-SOC code: 29-1031.00