Pharmacy Aides
Official O*NET title: Pharmacy Aides (31-9095.00)
Also called: certified pharmacist assistant, front counter clerk, pharmacist assistant, pharmacy ancillary, pharmacy assistant
Do you do this at work?
Answer each card — it takes about a minute.
Do you do this at work?
Provide customers with information about the uses, effects, or interactions of drugs
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How AI is changing pharmacy aides work
3 of 17 measurable main tasks for this job show up in real AI-use data, so we rate it Green (little AI use yet) — 18%.
This shows where people already use AI, not whether the job will disappear. How we measure this.
Tasks in this job and recorded AI use
- Provide customers with information about the uses, effects, or interactions of drugs (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Prepare, maintain, and record records of inventories, receipts, purchases, or deliveries, using a variety of computer screen formats (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Compound, package, and label pharmaceutical products, under direction of pharmacist (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Process medical insurance claims, posting bill amounts and calculating copayments (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Prepare prescription labels by typing or operating a computer and printer (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Operate cash register to process cash or credit sales (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Receive, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies or medications, check for out-of-date medications, and notify pharmacist when inventory levels are low (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Accept prescriptions for filling, gathering and processing necessary information (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Maintain and clean equipment, work areas, or shelves (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Calculate anticipated drug usage for a prescribed period (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Perform clerical tasks (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Restock storage areas, replenishing items on shelves (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Greet customers and help them locate merchandise (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Unpack, sort, count, and label incoming merchandise (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Operate capsule or tablet counting machine that automatically distributes a certain number of capsules or tablets into smaller containers (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Deliver medication to treatment areas, living units, residences, or clinics, using various means of transportation (main task) — no recorded AI use
Tasks: O*NET 31.0. AI use: Anthropic Economic Index (exact or close text match).
Your first steps (guidance)
- Week 1: Open a free AI assistant and say hello. Follow our “Getting started with AI” guide. Ask it one simple question about your work.
- Week 2: Use AI on one task you do often. Try the prompt for: “Provide customers with information about the uses, effects, or interactions of drugs”. Try the prompt for: “Prepare, maintain, and record records of inventories, receipts, purchases, or deliveries, using a variety of computer screen formats”.
Tick your own tasks above to get a plan based on what you really do. The first 2 weeks are free; Premium (coming soon) adds weeks 3–12. New to AI? Read our beginner’s guide.
Questions about AI and pharmacy aides
Will AI replace pharmacy aides?
Our data can’t predict job losses, and we don’t try to. What it does show: 3 of the 17 main tasks for this job match tasks people already use AI for (Anthropic Economic Index), giving a Green rating (little AI use yet). Using AI on a task is not the same as AI doing the whole job, and 14 of the 17 listed tasks show no recorded AI use yet.
Which pharmacy aide tasks is AI used for most?
In the data, the most AI use among this job’s tasks is for: provide customers with information about the uses, effects, or interactions of drugs; prepare, maintain, and record records of inventories, receipts, purchases, or deliveries, using a variety of computer screen formats; compound, package, and label pharmaceutical products, under direction of pharmacist.
Which pharmacy aide tasks show little or no AI use?
For example: process medical insurance claims, posting bill amounts and calculating copayments; answer telephone inquiries, referring callers to pharmacist when necessary; prepare prescription labels by typing or operating a computer and printer. These are good places to keep building your own skills.
How does this job compare to others?
In Microsoft Research’s “Working with AI” study, this job’s AI applicability score is equal to or higher than 30% of the occupations they scored. That measures overlap with AI chat use, not risk of job loss.
How can a pharmacy aide start learning AI?
Start small: open a free AI assistant, try it on one task you do often, and always check facts and numbers yourself. The plan on this page is guidance, not professional advice.
See how this job ranks
Pharmacy Aides ranks #381 of 572 jobs for the share of main tasks with AI use (#1 = most), and #44 of 80 in Healthcare.
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