Nonmetro area, Nevada
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area
89,710 people work in this area, at mean pay of $64,250 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: 33 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 31%
- 15%
- 54%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 16% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% 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, 17%. Today's estimate: 20%.
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 53% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 910 | 78% | 1.5 million | $52K |
| Office Clerks, General | 1,140 | 54% | 1.3 million | $46K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 1,330 | 43% | 1.2 million | $48K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 810 | 64% | 1.1 million | $41K |
| General and Operations Managers | 2,090 | 23% | 991,168 | $96K |
| Cashiers | 2,540 | 19% | 977,392 | $30K |
| Retail Salespersons | 1,950 | 19% | 786,864 | $35K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 820 | 40% | 689,064 | $42K |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 1,720 | 19% | 679,744 | $38K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 550 | 59% | 672,672 | $38K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 1,140 | 27% | 633,112 | $106K |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 490 | 54% | 547,311 | $29K |
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. 318 smaller jobs (38,480 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 92% 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.
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers373,469 hours100% of the task within reach
- Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.Bartenders330,706 hours50% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks295,939 hours100% of the task within reach
- Coordinate conferences, meetings, or special events, such as luncheons or graduation ceremonies.Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive291,289 hours53% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General285,540 hours100% of the task within reach
- Design new equipment to aid in the repair or maintenance of machines, mechanical equipment, or building structures.Maintenance and Repair Workers, General283,823 hours70% of the task within reach
- Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.General and Operations Managers267,247 hours40% of the task within reach
- Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.Cashiers266,115 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 Executive265,651 hours100% of the task within reach
- Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers264,886 hours100% of the task within reach
Other areas in Nevada
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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