Automation index
How much of a Funeral director’s job can AI already do?
A form and an obituary come earlier. Collecting someone and looking after the family do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Funeral director
22%
AI can already do 22% of this job.
#330 / 633
View rankingFuneral director
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Paperwork, chapel, burial and cremation.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Collection, thanatopraxy and care of the body.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 12% | +2.2 |
The family, the wake, and what is and is not possible.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Notice, flowers, hearse and the minute-by-minute of the rite.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Cemetery, times and suppliers.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Dignity, legal times and owning the service.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 22% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- arrange funerals
- file death paperwork
- collect the deceased
- support the family
- thanatopraxy
- run the wake
- arrange cremation
- notices
Sources for this job· O*NET 39-4031.00· ESCO/ISCO 5163
IS WORK OVER?
Internist
24%
#273 / 633
View rankingInternist
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Cross labs, imaging and a differential.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
Ward round, examination and decisions.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Explain to family and ceilings of care.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Discharge reports, consults and boards.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Medical on-call and difficult patients.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Team, residents and not fragmenting the patient.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 24% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- care for patients
- diagnose
- nursing care
- clinical notes
- Cross labs, imaging and a differential
- Ward round, examination and decisions
- Explain to family and ceilings of care
- Discharge reports, consults and boards
- Medical on-call and difficult patients
- internista
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-1216.00· ESCO/ISCO 2212