Metro area, Colorado
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
169,430 people work in this area, at mean pay of $70,620 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: 66 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 40%
- 17%
- 44%
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, 19%. Today's estimate: 22%.
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 49% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 1,760 | 78% | 2.8 million | $53K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 1,770 | 64% | 2.4 million | $43K |
| Office Clerks, General | 2,030 | 54% | 2.3 million | $56K |
| Retail Salespersons | 5,400 | 19% | 2.2 million | $37K |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 1,770 | 43% | 1.6 million | $47K |
| Cashiers | 3,670 | 19% | 1.4 million | $36K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 1,630 | 40% | 1.4 million | $47K |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 1,510 | 43% | 1.4 million | $77K |
| General and Operations Managers | 2,510 | 23% | 1.2 million | $106K |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 1,590 | 36% | 1.2 million | $75K |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | 960 | 59% | 1.2 million | $41K |
| Project Management Specialists | 1,630 | 33% | 1.1 million | $101K |
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. 368 smaller jobs (75,240 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 86% 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.
- 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 Specialists917,329 hours90% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons654,320 hours50% of the task within reach
- Develop sales presentations or proposals to explain service specifications.Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel645,002 hours100% of the task within reach
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks572,366 hours100% of the task within reach
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers539,619 hours100% of the task within reach
- Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.Office Clerks, General508,461 hours100% of the task within reach
- Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance.Software Developers508,244 hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.Accountants and Auditors497,839 hours98% of the task within reach
- Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.Bartenders444,617 hours50% 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 Representatives400,595 hours100% of the task within reach
Other areas in Colorado
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO1,609,350 people23% now, 41% by 2028
- Colorado Springs, CO316,060 people23% now, 39% by 2028
- Boulder, CO192,390 people22% now, 45% by 2028
- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area132,270 people22% now, 34% by 2028
- Greeley, CO119,540 people21% now, 33% by 2028
- Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area108,360 people22% now, 33% by 2028
- Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area70,160 people22% now, 33% by 2028
- Grand Junction, CO67,170 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