Nonmetro area, Texas
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
149,390 people work in this area, at mean pay of $55,010 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: 61 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 32%
- 18%
- 49%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 17% 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, 18%. Today's estimate: 21%.
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 56% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Clerks, General | 2,840 | 54% | 3.2 million | $37K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 1,740 | 64% | 2.3 million | $38K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 1,250 | 78% | 2 million | $46K |
| General and Operations Managers | 4,180 | 23% | 2 million | $88K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 2,070 | 43% | 1.8 million | $40K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 1,640 | 40% | 1.4 million | $34K |
| Cashiers | 3,520 | 19% | 1.4 million | $28K |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 2,010 | 32% | 1.3 million | $62K |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 1,920 | 30% | 1.2 million | $60K |
| Retail Salespersons | 2,910 | 19% | 1.2 million | $30K |
| Detectives and Criminal Investigators | 1,630 | 35% | 1.2 million | $98K |
| Registered Nurses | 2,020 | 28% | 1.2 million | $82K |
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. 342 smaller jobs (61,710 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 94% 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.
- Prepare reports that detail investigation findings.Detectives and Criminal Investigators772,319 hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General711,345 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 Managers534,495 hours40% of the task within reach
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers517,564 hours100% of the task within reach
- Set prices or credit terms for goods or services, based on forecasts of customer demand.General and Operations Managers510,988 hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.General and Operations Managers481,459 hours80% 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 Executive453,359 hours53% of the task within reach
- Establish or implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, or procedures in conjunction with board members, organization officials, or staff members.General and Operations Managers446,118 hours59% 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 Executive413,457 hours100% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks406,510 hours100% of the task within reach
Other areas in Texas
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,049,800 people23% now, 39% by 2028
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,289,720 people22% now, 36% by 2028
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX1,293,690 people23% now, 42% by 2028
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX1,126,880 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- El Paso, TX339,120 people24% now, 35% by 2028
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX296,700 people22% now, 31% by 2028
- North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area275,670 people21% now, 31% by 2028
- Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area200,870 people22% 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