State
Alabama
2,113,660 people work in Alabama, at mean pay of $57,500 a year (BLS, May 2025), in every industry. What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 985 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 37%
- 7%
- 56%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 18% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 24% within reach now and 39% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this area's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 2%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 20%. Today's estimate: 23%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 40 largest jobs hold 49% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 33,290 | 67% | 46 million | $38K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 45,050 | 39% | 37 million | $42K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 19,890 | 76% | 32 million | $45K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 16,580 | 87% | 30 million | $37K |
| Cashiers | 46,420 | 30% | 29 million | $28K |
| Retail Salespersons | 60,880 | 20% | 25 million | $30K |
| Registered Nurses | 54,340 | 21% | 24 million | $77K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 20,140 | 47% | 20 million | $60K |
| Team Assemblers | 53,280 | 18% | 19 million | $43K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 19,180 | 48% | 19 million | $37K |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 20,470 | 44% | 19 million | $64K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 12,840 | 69% | 18 million | $59K |
People: BLS counts for this area, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this area, else its mean, else the national median. 659 smaller jobs (1,046,470 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 98% of the area's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole area, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Coordinate conferences, meetings, or special events, such as luncheons or graduation ceremonies.Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive16 million hours89% of the task within reach
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.Registered Nurses15 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons15 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Perform personnel activities, such as supervising and training employees.Fast Food and Counter Workers12 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications.Team Assemblers9.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive9 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Obtain and examine all relevant information to assess validity of complaints and to determine possible causes, such as extreme weather conditions that could increase utility bills.Customer Service Representatives7.5 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.Registered Nurses7.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Contact customers to respond to inquiries or to notify them of claim investigation results or any planned adjustments.Customer Service Representatives7.2 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Complete contract forms, prepare change of address records, or issue service discontinuance orders, using computers.Customer Service Representatives6.9 million hours100% of the task within reach
Metro and nonmetro areas in Alabama
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Birmingham, AL520,290 people24% now, 37% by 2028
- Huntsville, AL266,650 people22% now, 42% by 2028
- Mobile, AL172,550 people23% now, 36% by 2028
- Montgomery, AL165,550 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area152,620 people21% now, 30% by 2028
- Tuscaloosa, AL108,460 people22% now, 33% by 2028
- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL87,120 people23% now, 33% by 2028
- Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area83,750 people22% now, 32% by 2028
- Auburn-Opelika, AL72,710 people23% now, 35% by 2028
- Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area67,570 people22% now, 30% by 2028
- Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area64,550 people22% now, 32% by 2028
- Decatur, AL61,240 people22% now, 32% by 2028
- Dothan, AL60,720 people24% now, 33% by 2028
- Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL56,100 people23% now, 33% by 2028
- Anniston-Oxford, AL43,570 people22% now, 32% by 2028
- Gadsden, AL33,220 people24% now, 32% by 2028
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this area; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the area's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works