Registered Nurses vs Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Registered Nurses carries the higher exposed share at 20.4% against 18.3%, a gap of 2.1 points. The difference is driven by capability: a current system can simply produce more of the first job's work product than the second's. Release v2026.Q3.
| Occupation | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Capability | Friction | Median pay | Rank | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurses | 20.4% | 27.9% | 51.7% | 0.48 | 0.66 | $97,550 | 585 | untouched |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | 18.3% | 20.0% | 61.7% | 0.38 | 0.62 | $64,400 | 634 | untouched |
What stands in the way, in each
Registered Nurses: the dominant friction is that checking the output costs about as much as producing it. Capability sits at 0.48 of 1 and friction at 0.66 of 1.
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses: the dominant friction is that checking the output costs about as much as producing it. Capability sits at 0.38 of 1 and friction at 0.62 of 1.
Capability asks whether a generally available system can produce the work product at all. Friction asks what stops it finishing the job: physical work, being present, being accountable, unseen context, or the cost of checking the output. The rubric is here.
Read each in full
Exposure is not displacement. A higher score does not rank two jobs by how safe they are, and nothing here models adoption, employment or pay.