Metro area, Connecticut
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
404,180 people work in this area, at mean pay of $84,700 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: 181 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 40%
- 19%
- 41%
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: 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, 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 51% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 5,660 | 64% | 7.6 million | $50K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 3,710 | 78% | 6 million | $61K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 4,780 | 59% | 5.8 million | $45K |
| Office Clerks, General | 5,110 | 54% | 5.8 million | $49K |
| General and Operations Managers | 11,140 | 23% | 5.3 million | $137K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 5,800 | 43% | 5.1 million | $57K |
| Retail Salespersons | 12,230 | 19% | 4.9 million | $37K |
| Registered Nurses | 8,370 | 28% | 4.8 million | $106K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 5,490 | 35% | 4 million | $80K |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | 2,910 | 59% | 3.5 million | $134K |
| Personal Financial Advisors | 2,500 | 66% | 3.4 million | $136K |
| Cashiers | 8,210 | 19% | 3.2 million | $36K |
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. 438 smaller jobs (188,160 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 95% 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.
- Evaluate financial reporting systems, accounting or collection procedures, or investment activities and make recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets, or other financial control functions.Financial Managers2.7 million hours94% of the task within reach
- Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.Financial Managers2.2 million hours96% of the task within reach
- Collect and analyze data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits to identify potential markets and factors affecting product demand.Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists2 million hours90% of the task within reach
- Prepare financial or regulatory reports required by laws, regulations, or boards of directors.Financial Managers1.9 million hours96% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons1.5 million hours50% of the task within reach
- Perform administrative support tasks, such as proofreading, transcribing handwritten information, or operating calculators or computers to work with pay records, invoices, balance sheets, or other documents.Receptionists and Information Clerks1.5 million hours100% 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 Managers1.4 million hours40% 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 Nurses1.4 million hours60% of the task within reach
- Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel1.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Set prices or credit terms for goods or services, based on forecasts of customer demand.General and Operations Managers1.4 million hours100% of the task within reach
Other areas in Connecticut
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT599,770 people23% now, 39% by 2028
- New Haven, CT281,410 people23% now, 36% by 2028
- Waterbury-Shelton, CT160,710 people22% now, 35% by 2028
- Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT126,450 people21% now, 34% by 2028
- Connecticut nonmetropolitan area66,740 people21% 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