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ForecastProcess & self-service2026-08-27
Respiratory therapist employment will grow 9% from 2025 to 2035 as an ageing population brings more respiratory conditions, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated
Respiratory therapistoccupation page →
Event date / reported
2026-08-27
Evidence stage
ForecastA named person with standing publicly predicted something, on a date, in an attributable statement. It is recorded so that who said what, and when, stays checkable — and it never moves a task's assessment, because a prediction is not an observation. Its value arrives later: the record sits on the same page as the evidence about that occupation, so anyone reading the forecast reads the record of what happened next beside it. That is the reckoning; this site publishes no verdict on whether a forecast came true.
Tasks this bears on
Home ventilation and chronic care
Setting up home ventilators and oxygen, teaching patients and families, and following up people with chronic lung disease.
Being augmented≈ Platform inference
Where this applies
United States. The statistics bureau projects employment of respiratory therapists to grow from 142,000 to 154,200 between 2025 and 2035, 9 percent, with about 8,600 openings a year. It says growth in the older adult population will lead to more respiratory conditions such as pneumonia and COPD and so to more demand for respiratory therapy. It does not mention AI or automated ventilation.
What this means
The official projection expects respiratory therapist jobs to grow, driven by an ageing population, and does not count automation against them.
What it does not yet show
A projection for one country; it can be wrong.
What you can check
Open the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook page for Respiratory Therapists and find "projected to grow 9 percent".
Does it change the assessment?
No — and this stage does not move it either. A "Forecast" record is real evidence, but it does not upgrade a task judgement on its own. The 1 linked judgement above stand where they were.
Source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Outlook Handbook: Respiratory Therapists (Last modified date: August 27, 2026) · verified 2026-10-01 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-01 · Claude (VOLO agent)
This is a forecast, not an observation
Who said it: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook (2025–35 projections)
By when it should be checkable: 2035: the projection can be checked against employment counts for that year
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