Economists

Life, Physical & Social Sciences

AI exposure

  • Data source: BLSPublished: '26.08

    Very high· relative

    LowFour relative bandsVery high

    Group-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

    Source dataset (XLSX download)

  • Data source: AnthropicPublished: '26.03

    0.242

    0.000Range of values carried here0.745
    Scale, basis and source

    Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published

    Mapped onto O*NET tasks

    Source dataset

  • Data source: ILOPublished: '25

    0.55

    0.09Range of values carried here0.70

    Group-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, 12% score at or above this value.

    Source dataset

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

Show 23 hidden tasks
TaskClaude.aiRaw / share %APIRaw / share %
Provide advice and consultation on economic relationships to businesses, public and private agencies, and other employers.

19-3011

0.134553.20.013419.9
Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts.

19-3011

0.034513.70.008712.8
Study economic and statistical data in area of specialization, such as finance, labor, or agriculture.

19-3011

0.032012.70.019929.4
Compile, analyze, and report data to explain economic phenomena and forecast market trends, applying mathematical models and statistical techniques.

19-3011

0.025810.20.013119.4
Conduct research on economic issues and disseminate research findings through technical reports or scientific articles in journals.

19-3011

0.01315.20.00385.6
Formulate recommendations, policies, or plans to solve economic problems or to interpret markets.

19-3011

0.00542.10.00162.3
Supervise research projects and students' study projects.

19-3011

0.00381.50
Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.

19-3011

0.00341.40.007110.5

Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

Occupation information

Recent Changes Affecting This Occupation

Mar 2026: New blog post: economists face 60% exposure, 36% risk.

[Source: ACW Blog]