Home-based personal care workers
Trabajadores de los cuidados personales a domicilio
1.5
AI exposure: Very low
1.5 / 10
Theoretical estimate — not a prediction
Employees
224K
Average salary
16,000 €
Exposed wage index
537M €
employment × salary × score
Score sub-components
D
Displacement potential 1.5
C
Current AI capability 2
F
Physical barrier 10
R
Regulatory friction 4
Formula:
(D*C/10)*(1-F/20)*(1-R/20) Automation vector
Home care workers assist dependent persons with their basic daily activities (hygiene, feeding, mobility) in the home environment. This is purely physical and relational work requiring patience and adaptive manual dexterity that no AI possesses. The loneliness of elderly people in Spain makes the human companionship component as valued as the physical care itself, shielding the profession.
Automation vector (Spanish)
Los cuidadores a domicilio asisten a personas dependientes en sus actividades diarias básicas (higiene, alimentación, movilidad) en el entorno del hogar. Es una labor puramente física y relacional que requiere una paciencia y una destreza manual adaptativa que ninguna IA posee. La soledad de las personas mayores en España hace que el componente de compañía humana sea tan valorado como el propio cuidado físico, blindando la profesión.
Augmentation EU AI Act: Minimal risk Employment confidence: A
Source: LFS Q4 2025, INE Census 2021, SEPE 2024 · Methodology v30 · CC BY 4.0 · Authors: Álvaro de Nicolás, Miguel Sureda