AI Disruption by Sector
Compare AI exposure, Bright Outlook share, and occupation counts across major industry sectors.
Bar chart comparing average AI exposure probability across employment sectors. Each bar represents one sector. Bar color encodes risk level: green = low, yellow = medium, orange = high, red = very high.
| Occupations | AI Exposure |
|---|---|
| Management | 13.2% |
| Business and Financial Operations | 29.0% |
| Computer and Mathematical | 35.3% |
| Architecture and Engineering | 4.5% |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | 9.7% |
| Community and Social Service | 4.1% |
| Legal | 20.6% |
| Education, Training, and Library | 17.9% |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | 18.3% |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | 5.4% |
| Healthcare Support | 1.9% |
| Protective Service | 2.6% |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | 0.9% |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | 0.6% |
| Personal Care and Service | 2.1% |
| Sales and Related | 27.4% |
| Office and Administrative Support | 33.9% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 1.3% |
| Construction and Extraction | 1.2% |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | 1.6% |
| Production | 0.7% |
| Transportation and Material Moving | 0.2% |
Top Occupations by AI Exposure
Vertical bar chart showing AI exposure probability for up to 20 top-risk occupations, sorted highest first. Bar color encodes risk level: green = low, yellow = medium, orange = high, red = very high. Hover over a bar to see the occupation name and exact probability.
| Occupations | AI Exposure |
|---|---|
| Computer Programmers | 74.5% |
| Customer Service Representatives | 70.1% |
| Data Entry Keyers | 67.1% |
| Medical Records Specialists | 66.7% |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 64.8% |
| Medical Transcriptionists | 63.6% |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 62.8% |
| Database Architects | 57.9% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 57.2% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 51.9% |
| Statistical Assistants | 51.0% |
| Information Security Analysts | 48.6% |
| Web Developers | 48.0% |
| Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other | 47.9% |
| Technical Writers | 47.5% |
| Computer User Support Specialists | 46.9% |
| Desktop Publishers | 46.4% |
| Data Scientists | 46.1% |
| Public Relations Specialists | 45.3% |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 45.3% |
Workforce Distribution by Wage Tier
Employment-weighted AI exposure across three wage terciles — a cross-sectional snapshot of how AI exposure aligns with pay levels.
| Wage tier | Wage range | Mean AI exposure | Employment | Occupations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Wage | $30,890 – $44,770 | 9.2% | 47,810,190 | (139) |
| Middle Wage | $44,810 – $69,280 | 11.6% | 45,946,770 | (317) |
| High Wage | $69,390 – $559,030 | 18.5% | 46,785,970 | (299) |
| Wage tier | Wage range | Employment | Minimal (<5%) | Low (5–15%) | Moderate (15–30%) | Elevated (≥30%) | Mean AI exposure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Wage | $30,890 – $44,770 | 47,810,190 | 69.4% (33,158,680) | 12.2% (5,821,610) | 2.2% (1,048,130) | 16.3% (7,781,770) | 9.2% |
| Middle Wage | $44,810 – $69,280 | 45,946,770 | 61% (28,048,450) | 11% (5,074,790) | 9.2% (4,224,510) | 18.7% (8,599,020) | 11.6% |
| High Wage | $69,390 – $559,030 | 46,785,970 | 22.2% (10,370,060) | 31% (14,520,930) | 25.6% (11,960,890) | 21.2% (9,934,090) | 18.5% |
Across 755 occupations covering 140,542,930 workers, the high-wage tier shows 9.3 percentage points higher AI exposure than the low-wage tier. The distribution is right-skewed — most occupations cluster near zero exposure. One occupation (Legislators) is excluded for missing employment data.
Cross-sectional single-period snapshot · AI exposure is a modelled proxy, not observed automation · Exposure ≠ displacement · Association ≠ causation
Derived from occupation-snapshot.json (OEWS wages/employment + Anthropic Economic Index 2025 AI-exposure proxy). Not a time trend or forecast.