Commercial Photographers
Sales & MarketingAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.195
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.39
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 44% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Manipulate and enhance scanned or digital images to create desired effects, using computers and specialized software.27-4021 | 0.042346.7 | 0.140395.4 |
Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.27-4021 | 0.039543.6 | —0 |
Review sets of photographs to select the best work.27-4021 | 0.00465.1 | 0.00151.0 |
Take pictures of individuals, families, and small groups, either in studio or on location.27-4021 | 0.00242.7 | 0.00523.6 |
Develop visual aids and charts for use in lectures or to present evidence in court.27-4021 | 0.00171.9 | —0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 24 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus based on a combination of factors such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed. | —0 | —0 |
Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments. | —0 | —0 |
Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors. | —0 | —0 |
Test equipment prior to use to ensure that it is in good working order. | —0 | —0 |
Estimate or measure light levels, distances, and numbers of exposures needed, using measuring devices and formulas. | —0 | —0 |
Perform maintenance tasks necessary to keep equipment working properly. | —0 | —0 |
Perform general office duties such as scheduling appointments, keeping books, and ordering supplies. | —0 | —0 |
Determine project goals, locations, and equipment needs by studying assignments and consulting with clients or advertising staff. | —0 | —0 |
Select and assemble equipment and required background properties, according to subjects, materials, and conditions. | —0 | —0 |
Set up, mount, or install photographic equipment and cameras. | —0 | —0 |
Produce computer-readable, digital images from film, using flatbed scanners and photofinishing laboratories. | —0 | —0 |
Direct activities of workers who are setting up photographic equipment. | —0 | —0 |
Transfer photographs to computers for editing, archiving, and electronic transmission. | —0 | —0 |
Enhance, retouch, and resize photographs and negatives, using airbrushing and other techniques. | —0 | —0 |
Employ a variety of specialized photographic materials and techniques, including infrared and ultraviolet films, macro photography, photogrammetry and sensitometry. | —0 | —0 |
Engage in research to develop new photographic procedures and materials. | —0 | —0 |
Set up photographic exhibitions for the purpose of displaying and selling work. | —0 | —0 |
Load and unload film. | —0 | —0 |
License the use of photographs through stock photo agencies. | —0 | —0 |
Mount, frame, laminate, or lacquer finished photographs. | —0 | —0 |
Photograph legal evidence at crime scenes, in hospitals, or in forensic laboratories. | —0 | —0 |
Develop and print exposed film, using chemicals, touchup tools, and developing and printing equipment. | —0 | —0 |
Write photograph captions. | —0 | —0 |
Send film to photofinishing laboratories for processing. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Perform general office duties, such as scheduling appointments, keeping books, and ordering supplies.O*NET Task ID 9354 | 1.0 |
Take pictures of individuals, families, and small groups, either in studio or on location.O*NET Task ID 9343 | 0.5 |
Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus according to a combination of factors, such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.O*NET Task ID 9344 | 0.5 |
Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment, such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments.O*NET Task ID 9345 | 0.5 |
Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.O*NET Task ID 9346 | 0.5 |
Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.O*NET Task ID 9347 | 0.5 |
Review sets of photographs to select the best work.O*NET Task ID 9350 | 0.5 |
Estimate or measure light levels, distances, and numbers of exposures needed, using measuring devices and formulas.O*NET Task ID 9351 | 0.5 |
Manipulate and enhance scanned or digital images to create desired effects, using computers and specialized software.O*NET Task ID 9352 | 0.5 |
Determine project goals, locations, and equipment needs by studying assignments and consulting with clients or advertising staff.O*NET Task ID 9355 | 0.5 |
Test equipment prior to use to ensure that it is in good working order.O*NET Task ID 9349 | 0.0 |
Perform maintenance tasks necessary to keep equipment working properly.O*NET Task ID 9353 | 0.0 |
Select and assemble equipment and required background properties, according to subjects, materials, and conditions.O*NET Task ID 9356 | 0.0 |
Set up, mount, or install photographic equipment and cameras.O*NET Task ID 9358 | 0.0 |
Direct activities of workers setting up photographic equipment.O*NET Task ID 9361 | 0.0 |
Load and unload film.O*NET Task ID 9365 | 0.0 |
Mount, frame, laminate, or lacquer finished photographs.O*NET Task ID 9368 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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