Will AI replace Nannies?

What this score means

Nannies leans toward the safer end for Personal Services. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands-on work or judgment that resists automation. At 27 out of 100 it sits close to the Personal Services average of 25. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 20 to 35, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Nannies, most central first, showing 12 of 19.

• 01Instruct children in safe behavior, such as seeking adult assistance when crossing the street and avoiding contact with unsafe objects.
• 02Remove hazards and develop appropriate boundaries and rules to create a safe environment for children.
• 03Perform first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required.
• 04Instruct and assist children in the development of health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet behavior.
• 05Regulate children's rest periods and nap schedules.
• 06Teach and perform age-appropriate activities, such as lap play, reading, and arts and crafts, to encourage intellectual development of children.
• 07Help prepare and serve nutritionally balanced meals and snacks for children.
• 08Model appropriate social behaviors and encourage concern for others to cultivate development of interpersonal relationships and communication skills.
• 09Organize and conduct age-appropriate recreational activities, such as games, arts and crafts, sports, walks, and play dates.
• 10Assign appropriate chores and praise targeted behaviors to encourage development of self-control, self-confidence, and responsibility.
• 11Observe children's behavior for irregularities, take temperature, transport children to doctor, or administer medications, as directed, to maintain children's health.
• 12Work with parents to develop and implement discipline programs to promote desirable child behavior.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Nannies for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
• 02GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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