State
Connecticut
1,696,170 people work in Connecticut, at mean pay of $77,420 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: 823 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 42%
- 8%
- 50%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 19% 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, 21%. Today's estimate: 24%.
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 47% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 24,490 | 67% | 34 million | $48K |
| Office Clerks, General | 23,190 | 58% | 28 million | $48K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 14,980 | 83% | 26 million | $41K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 24,420 | 47% | 24 million | $78K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 14,930 | 76% | 24 million | $60K |
| Cashiers | 30,920 | 30% | 19 million | $36K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 22,650 | 39% | 18 million | $57K |
| Retail Salespersons | 42,410 | 20% | 18 million | $36K |
| Registered Nurses | 40,110 | 21% | 17 million | $103K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 11,420 | 69% | 16 million | $77K |
| General and Operations Managers | 39,070 | 19% | 15 million | $137K |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 35,490 | 18% | 13 million | $41K |
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. 635 smaller jobs (868,190 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 97% 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.
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.Registered Nurses11 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Perform personnel activities, such as supervising and training employees.Fast Food and Counter Workers11 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons10 million 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 Executive8.3 million hours89% of the task within reach
- 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 Managers7.6 million hours94% 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 Managers6.9 million hours99% of the task within reach
- Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.Financial Managers6.2 million hours96% of the task within reach
- Implement corporate or departmental policies, procedures, and service standards in conjunction with management.First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers6.2 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General5.8 million hours100% 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 Specialists5.7 million hours90% of the task within reach
Metro and nonmetro 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 people24% now, 41% by 2028
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT404,180 people25% now, 41% by 2028
- New Haven, CT281,410 people24% now, 38% by 2028
- Waterbury-Shelton, CT160,710 people24% now, 37% by 2028
- Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT126,450 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- Connecticut nonmetropolitan area66,740 people23% now, 34% 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