State
Florida
9,929,860 people work in Florida, at mean pay of $64,670 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: 5 billion hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 41%
- 8%
- 52%
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, 3%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 22%. Today's estimate: 25%.
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 50% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Service Representatives | 228,000 | 67% | 315 million | $40K |
| Office Clerks, General | 189,700 | 58% | 230 million | $44K |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 96,000 | 87% | 174 million | $42K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 107,650 | 69% | 153 million | $61K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 88,670 | 76% | 141 million | $49K |
| Retail Salespersons | 333,460 | 20% | 138 million | $34K |
| Cashiers | 201,370 | 30% | 126 million | $31K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 63,280 | 83% | 109 million | $37K |
| Registered Nurses | 229,940 | 21% | 100 million | $84K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 93,850 | 47% | 92 million | $64K |
| General and Operations Managers | 236,290 | 19% | 91 million | $102K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 91,500 | 48% | 90 million | $44K |
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. 742 smaller jobs (4,893,550 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.
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons81 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Perform personnel activities, such as supervising and training employees.Fast Food and Counter Workers71 million hours100% 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 Nurses64 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 Representatives52 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 Representatives50 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Complete contract forms, prepare change of address records, or issue service discontinuance orders, using computers.Customer Service Representatives48 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General48 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel46 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems.Customer Service Representatives46 million hours100% 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 Managers42 million hours99% of the task within reach
Metro and nonmetro areas in Florida
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,819,940 people26% now, 39% by 2028
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL1,447,120 people26% now, 41% by 2028
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL1,411,730 people25% now, 39% by 2028
- Jacksonville, FL765,930 people25% now, 40% by 2028
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL339,940 people24% now, 36% by 2028
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL304,790 people24% now, 36% by 2028
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL265,280 people24% now, 35% by 2028
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL245,170 people24% now, 41% by 2028
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL219,740 people24% now, 36% by 2028
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL190,480 people25% now, 38% by 2028
- Tallahassee, FL186,160 people24% now, 45% by 2028
- Naples-Marco Island, FL173,880 people23% now, 34% by 2028
- Port St. Lucie, FL170,820 people24% now, 34% by 2028
- Gainesville, FL152,670 people25% now, 38% by 2028
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL125,050 people23% now, 38% by 2028
- Ocala, FL120,980 people25% now, 35% by 2028
- North Florida nonmetropolitan area112,790 people23% now, 33% by 2028
- Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL90,610 people23% now, 37% by 2028
- South Florida nonmetropolitan area87,670 people22% now, 32% by 2028
- Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL57,620 people24% now, 35% by 2028
- Punta Gorda, FL57,530 people24% now, 35% by 2028
- Wildwood-The Villages, FL41,300 people24% now, 34% by 2028
- Homosassa Springs, FL35,580 people25% now, 34% by 2028
- Sebring, FL28,110 people26% now, 35% 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