Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
Business & Financial OperationsUnited States · BLS Employment Projections 2025–35: this SOC code is not among the published items.
AI exposure
- 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.
- Data source: OpenAIPublished: 2023
0.368
0.000Range of values carried here0.844Scale, basis and source
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Monitor changes affecting supply and demand, tracking market conditions, price trends, or futures markets.13-1023 | 0.030157.8 | 0.024246.4 |
Negotiate, renegotiate, and administer contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.13-1023 | 0.005210.0 | 0.00163.1 |
Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.13-1023 | 0.00479.0 | 0.00244.6 |
Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.13-1023 | 0.00468.8 | 0.00173.3 |
Formulate policies and procedures for bid proposals and procurement of goods and services.13-1023 | 0.00265.0 | —0 |
Review catalogs, industry periodicals, directories, trade journals, and Internet sites and consult with other department personnel to locate necessary goods and services.13-1023 | 0.00254.8 | 0.00428.1 |
Monitor and follow applicable laws and regulations.13-1023 | 0.00244.6 | 0.006913.2 |
Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time and resolve problems related to undelivered goods. | —0 | 0.008416.1 |
Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased. | —0 | 0.00275.2 |
| Not observed on any surface — 10 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. | ||
Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts. | —0 | —0 |
Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history. | —0 | —0 |
Confer with staff, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action. | —0 | —0 |
Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine need for changes. | —0 | —0 |
Maintain and review computerized or manual records of items purchased, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories. | —0 | —0 |
Study sales records and inventory levels of current stock to develop strategic purchasing programs that facilitate employee access to supplies. | —0 | —0 |
Interview vendors and visit suppliers' plants and distribution centers to examine and learn about products, services, and prices. | —0 | —0 |
Arrange the payment of duty and freight charges. | —0 | —0 |
Hire, train, or supervise purchasing clerks, buyers, and expediters. | —0 | —0 |
Attend meetings, trade shows, conferences, conventions, and seminars to network with people in other purchasing departments. | —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 |
|---|---|
Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.O*NET Task ID 1157 | 1.0 |
Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.O*NET Task ID 1142 | 0.5 |
Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.O*NET Task ID 1143 | 0.5 |
Research and evaluate suppliers, based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history.O*NET Task ID 1144 | 0.5 |
Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.O*NET Task ID 1145 | 0.5 |
Monitor and follow applicable laws and regulations.O*NET Task ID 1146 | 0.5 |
Negotiate, renegotiate, and administer contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.O*NET Task ID 1147 | 0.5 |
Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time, and resolve problems related to undelivered goods.O*NET Task ID 1148 | 0.5 |
Confer with staff, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.O*NET Task ID 1149 | 0.5 |
Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine need for changes.O*NET Task ID 1150 | 0.5 |
Hire, train, or supervise purchasing clerks, buyers, and expediters.O*NET Task ID 1156 | 0.0 |
Attend meetings, trade shows, conferences, conventions, and seminars to network with people in other purchasing departments.O*NET Task ID 1160 | 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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