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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 3% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #345 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +3% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $38,630 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 273,300 in the US, with about 30,000 openings a year
The work, 17 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI helps with this: Execute financial transactions23%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,073 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Collect data about consumer needs or opinions10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Explain technical details of products or services9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 43 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI does this: Advise others on products or services7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 42 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Monitor resources or inventories6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permits5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,066 conversations, and it got them there 94% of the time.
AI helps with this: Inspect characteristics or conditions of materials or products5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,462 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Stock supplies or products4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Analyze data to improve operations4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine values or prices of goods or services4%
AI performed this in about 1 in 510 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Arrange displays or decorations4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,323 conversations, and it got them there 65% of the time.
AI helps with this: Promote products, services, or programs3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 715 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment2%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
Still yours: Repair workpieces or products2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 30,000 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 27% of the workBartenders6% AI does, against 20% here+5% by 2035 · $34,340 · No formal credential
- Shares 27% of the workFast Food and Counter Workers12% AI does, against 20% here+5.8% by 2035 · $31,200 · No formal credential
- Shares 23% of the workGambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners6% AI does, against 20% here+1.8% by 2035 · $34,980 · High school diploma
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deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.24, higher than 78% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 41-2022 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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